Sentence examples for despite having adopted from inspiring English sources

Disney is powerless to halt the rival project, despite having adopted the character as its own since the classic 1953 animated version of Peter Pan, because it does not own the rights – Barrie's book went out of copyright in the US in the early part of this century.

Despite having adopted tough austerity measures after the 2010 economic collapse, he withstood a strong populist challenge from the left, especially by Sinn Fein.

On the one hand, although external recognition as a criterion for assessing progress towards establishment of the EFQM model has been used by other authors [ 16, 18], this approach may be questionable as an organisation could decide not to apply for the awards, despite having adopted the model.

Our review confirms that the practice of FGM/C continues and remains prevalent in some African countries despite many having adopted laws against this practice.

Forty-five percent of patients were unable to complete the valsalva manoeuvre, despite our having adopted a lower threshold for the duration, pressure and number of tests completed, than is standard.

Despite Colombia having adopted a health system based on neoliberal market principles [ 9], Bogota in 2004, as part of a center-left government (elected for first time in the city) decided to reinstate the PHC principles as one of their strategies to improve the quality of life and the level of population health, and to reduce health inequities.

Within this study, despite most respondents having adopted some low carbon measures, 'lack of relevance to the business' is the main perceived barrier to further engagement.

Early adopters have adopted.

The authors would like to point out, however, that despite these limitations, we have adopted this therapy as a first-line treatment to all loculated effusions presenting to our surgical unit that have failed simple drainage.

Despite this, many providers have adopted an image-guided biopsy approach in response to a man presenting with an elevated PSA. 10 We summarise what can be understood from recently emerging evidence in a format that is relevant for clinical decision making.

Despite the concessionary tone he had adopted on Wednesday, New Yorkers were in no mood to spare him their harsh sentiments as they continued trudging through the slushy residue of the blizzard, the sixth-worst snowstorm in the city's history.