Sentence examples for despite having failed from inspiring English sources

Roizman received the tax breaks despite having failed to repay a state loan on the nearby Camden Townhouses development.

Pearson brought on Leonardo Ulloa, still the club's top scorer, with five league goals, despite having failed to score in his past four appearances.

Despite having failed to persuade OPEC leaders to act in support of the oil price, and with little or no fresh money from China to pay the bills, the president insists that the solution is more revolution.

G.M.'s board agreed to re-enter talks with the News Corporation this month, despite having failed to clinch a deal earlier this year after investors balked at the terms.

Though he is democratically elected, and despite having failed to overthrow him by force, the opposition is still determined to get rid of the president by any possible means before the next election, scheduled for 2006.Luis Miquilena, a former interior minister and once Mr Chavez's key political operator, has been trying to overthrow him by means of non-violent, "constitutional" methods.

And, despite having failed completely in his campaign to expand the Serbian state to include Serb-populated territories in Bosnia and Croatia — and now, with the effective loss of Kosovo, having failed even to maintain Serbia's prewar borders — Milosevic remains a powerful and dangerous figure.

As part of the Biogenesis fallout, Rodriguez would accept a one-year suspension for the 2014 season, despite not having failed a drug test.

Some are now saying the same on behalf of Lancaster, despite England having failed to emerge from Pool A. The public mood in the coming days is unlikely to be so forgiving.

Earlier this year, state officials reported similar problems with the integrity of the process under which they were granting licenses and said one longtime employee had approved 210 people for licenses despite their having failed the official exam, although he took no money and was charged with no crime.

Adelson kept emphasizing the fact that he had no regrets despite Digg having failed to pin down acquisition offers from both Current and Google, while the news broke during the panel that Digg had just laid off 37% of its staff.

She still refuses to apologize for voting for the Iraq war resolution, despite her having failed to read the National Intelligence Estimate.