Sentence examples for despite hostility from inspiring English sources

Despite hostility both on the left and in his own party, President Nicolas Sarkozy's government easily won the parliamentary vote.

If ISIS can establish a caliphate and survive, despite hostility from the rest of the world, then, so Jihadis claim, their divine superiority is proven.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned the deal went ahead despite "hostility and trouble" from the United States and claimed "any change in the future is unlikely".

Cameron, instinctively opposed to public health laws and fresh regulation, is said to be edging towards a minimum price despite hostility from the drinks industry and supermarkets.

Despite hostility in Congress, especially among Democrats, Mr. Orszag predicted that the proposal would get "an embrace from those who are most concerned about eliminating unnecessary spending" because "the fiscal context has changed" and "deficits have become a growing concern".

Last week the 56-year-old's audacious €29bn takeover bid for Arcelor, the world's second biggest steelmaker, succeeded despite hostility from the governments of France and Luxembourg, where many of its plants were based.

Over the years, Indian and Pakistani authors have taken part in numerous ��cultural exchanges despite hostilities between the two nations.

Hill managed to put his program into effect in 1840, despite bureaucratic hostility.

Despite the hostility toward Wittenberg, she is unlikely to be ousted.

Despite the hostility and aggression he has faced, Pastor Jan feels his community is relatively safer in India.

He was reelected to the assembly in 1951 despite the hostility of some conservative emirs of the generally Muslim north.