Sentence examples for despite having ample from inspiring English sources

Defender Gregg Berhalter failed to cleanly play a ball out of the center of the defense despite having ample time to pass it or send it downfield.

During the Asian financial crisis of 1997-98 and the global meltdown of 2008, China maintained a steady exchange rate against the dollar, despite having ample cause to allow depreciation.

The win will provide a confidence boost for the Sharks following their first-up loss to premiers North Queensland while the Dragons failed to fire a shot despite having ample opportunities.

After being sentenced to death for "corrupting youth," the ancient Athenian philosopher Socrates willingly drank a fatal dose of hemlock despite having ample opportunity to escape.

Despite having ample opportunities to ditch them for a more A- list elite crowd, Kermit has continuously included his pals in all of his Hollywood adventures.

Despite having ample opportunity to disperse to the Auckland Islands from the small island groups to the north (Snares, Solander, Tītī and Stewart Islands), a combination of palaeoecological and historical observations suggests that O. lyallii is only a recent addition to the flora of the Auckland Islands.

Boris Johnson having ample time to rebuild his career.

Only some lineages of flowering plants have managed the transition from tropical to temperate climates [ 16, 17], despite presumably having had ample opportunities to do so with the Neogene expansion of temperate habitats [ 18, 19].

He took my comments with reasonable humour despite the fact that he had ample justification for pointing out my rudeness.

The army seemed to have little idea of how much force they might reasonably use, or what tactics to employ, despite the fact that they had ample opportunity to anticipate the problem.

Canada's Bank of Montreal, which has ample cash despite trading at lows, and Bank of Nova Scotia –which itself has Latin American risk are also potential buyers of U.S. businesses.