Sentence examples for despite preparations from inspiring English sources

These are still the standards of colour television today, despite preparations for a digital future.

'Code Red!' Despite preparations, no one was ready for what happened at Douglas High.

The number of ordinary Afghans harmed in the battle with the Taliban continues to rise, despite preparations for the withdrawal of international troops from Afghanistan within 18 months.

Sala made his name in the city as chief executive of last year's Expo world fair, which was deemed a success despite preparations being marred by protest and corruption scandals.

That conflict looks to continue and there is little hope for a long-term ceasefire in Syria, despite preparations for a meeting between a multi-nation "task force" led by Russia and the United States.

Many epidemiologic questions arose in the course of responding to that anthrax outbreak, and any future bioterrorist attack will probably result in unpredictable or unimaginable issues despite preparations and training that have been undertaken in the past few years.

Despite preparation by the divisional artillery and the 3 RAR Machine Gun Platoon firing their Vickers medium machine-guns in support from Maryang San, the Fusiliers were unable to make progress due to Chinese machine-guns located in bunkers at the top of their objective.

Indeed, despite preparation of samples for OPT imaging taking several days, little labour is required on each occasion.

For most, however, the symptoms surpassed all expectations and were unexpected despite preparation.

Despite their preparations, they knew the raid would eventually come.

Despite showy preparations by both sides, however, nobody has crossed the border during the exchange period.