Sentence examples for despite popular perception from inspiring English sources

Except that Lillo had, despite popular perception and some deliberate bending of the facts, never been relegated.

He said that despite popular perception, the Triple Crown-winner Secretariat was really not that great of a sire.

Take this recent study from the LSE (pdf), for example, which shows that despite popular perception some of the differences between the US and the EU are not as pronounced as we might assume.

One thing that Hansen and other climatologists will be desperately trying to communicate - as he does in this paper – is that 2010 is currently on course to challenge for the title of the hottest year on record, despite popular perception to the contrary following a cold winter in much of the northern hemisphere.

Despite popular perception, cancers generally do not arise from a mutation in a single gene or even from mutations in a small number of genes.

Porn use is even common among women, despite popular perception, with 1 in 3 women watching porn.

(Despite popular perceptions, that does not mean an end to offshore call-centres.

Despite popular perceptions of our military strength, we don't just get to do whatever we want around the globe.

Despite popular perceptions, other non-EU residents subject to immigration control have no recourse to public funds like tax credits and Job Seeker's Allowance until they are granted permanent residence.

According to a Knight Foundation report filed last October, despite popular perceptions that high-profile sports "pay for themselves," many of these schools are now having to cut academic programs in order to be able to meet the costs of maintaining their varsity teams.

Despite the popular perception of Ms. Hadid as a stand-alone design force, even a diva, she ran an open office where, according to Mr. Pauwels, ideas flowed democratically rather than hierarchically.