Sentence examples for despite fire from inspiring English sources
Residents complained that local councils required them to get permits before uprooting native plants, even trees overhanging their houses, despite fire guidelines which state that all houses in fire-prone areas need large cleared areas around them.
Worse, despite fire alarms going off all over the place, operators had shut down the reactor slowly by hand instead of hitting the panic-button to close the reactor immediately.
Mick Jagger, right, the 64-year-old frontman, gave no clues but thanked the audience for remaining faithful despite "fire and ice and storms and trees, and God knows what," Reuters reported.
This is despite fire being a major factor in determining bryophyte richness and composition in temperate forests.
Taking one of the boats to intercept the proas, Lieutenant Hay boarded a Dayak canoe and captured it, despite fire from the Dayak guns.
On the 16th the Germans took nearby Hill 226, which overlooked La Ferté from the west and attacked the higher Hill 311 (overlooking La Ferté from the southwest) despite fire from the Villy Ouest casemate.
Wells's first chapter offers a quick tour d'horizon of sexuality in Shakespeare's time, which reveals that despite fire-and-brimstone ecclesiastical condemnation, and the existence of so-called Bawdy Courts, which could condemn you to prison or humiliating public penance for carnal lapses, all forms of sexual activity seemed to flourish vigorously.
Hamas, in contrast, was not besting Israel, despite firing its homemade rockets into nearby Israeli towns.
Despite firing one of its traders, Mathew Martoma, the fund is now covering the bills for his defense against securities fraud and conspiracy charges.
He has now gone seven league games without finding the net, despite firing off an astonishing 13 shots on goal against Chicago on Saturday.
Student Alex Regan is due to graduate from City University in September with a masters degree in investigative journalism - but despite firing off applications for jobs at a rate of five a week he has yet to find work.
