Sentence examples for despite having finished from inspiring English sources

Tim is still going to group sessions despite having finished the programme and says the course has cured far more than his abuse.

He was not picked to play in the first three series of matches, despite having finished ninth in an American tour event the week before.

The incumbent president, Laurent Gbagbo, continued to refuse to cede power, despite having finished well behind the winning candidate, Alassane Ouattara, a former prime minister, in the count of the country's top election official, as well as that of the United Nations and of independent observers like the Carter Center and the European Union.

Despite having finished second in the 1955 World Junior Championship behind Boris Spassky and having participated in previous championships, Mr. Mednis was not seen as a threat to Mr. Fischer when they met in the first round of the 1962-63 championship.

Despite having finished the script in 1985, Joel explained, "We couldn't make Hudsucker back then because we weren't that popular yet.

At the end of that first season, despite having finished seventh out of twelve teams, Aberdeen were elected to the new, expanded First Division, and have been in the top tier of Scottish football ever since, a record shared with only Celtic.

Proceeds from the night were going toward his most recent preoccupation: the Andre Agassi College Preparatory Academy in Las Vegas, which he helps operate, despite not having finished the ninth grade.

He is best known for his Channel 4 series Black Books, in which – despite not having finished with his 20s – he played a cantankerous bookshop owner called Bernard.

The Nittany Lions had high hopes of making the N.C.A.A. tournament this season, but their name was not called on Selection Sunday despite their having finished tied for fourth place in the Big Ten.

Brazilian Felipe Nasr has defended his move into F1 this year with Sauber despite the 22-year-old having finishing no better than third in GP2 last year with the British team Carlin.

Manoj Ladwa, senior trader at ETX Capital, said: "Despite recent turbulence, equities have finished the week on a strong note as the market reacted positively to news flow coming out of the eurozone.