Sentence examples for despite having conferred from inspiring English sources

But lacking (by design) the blood-sport element of competition, it has had a hard time putting itself on the musical map, despite having conferred its awards on pianists of ever greater distinction (from David Owen Norris to Ralf Gothoni and Leif Ove Andsnes).

Despite transformation that has conferred on the EC lines, they also clearly responded to this extracellular matrix message as they were capable of generating vascular-like channels on matrigel within 12 h.

Today the government's efforts to expand the scope of alliances continues, despite clear evidence that these arrangements have conferred far greater benefits on foreign carriers than on our own, have reduced the number of competing airlines on most routes and have failed to produce the consumer benefits promised.

It also found that the police marksmen had "conferred over their witness statements" despite repeated advice not to do so.

Mr. Rattner remains close to his most coveted and prestigious client, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg — a relationship that has conferred credibility and stature on Mr. Rattner despite the legal pall that hangs over him.

He is reported to have conferred with the president regularly.

Thus the mutation conferring white sclera could have become increasingly common among modern humans 40,000 years ago and would have conferred an advantage on those who were hunting with dogs.

Nothing has seemed more important in the economic boom than the wage gains it has conferred.

"Alfred Nobel wanted to reward those who have conferred the greatest benefit to mankind".

Clinical imaging has conferred undoubted benefits on modern medical practice.

Although Notes 1 and 2 are acoustically indistinguishable, their positions within the melody confer different local statistics, despite having identical global statistics (i.e., both occur 4000 times during the recording).