Sentence examples for despite references from inspiring English sources

Even his shouted threats at his wife are difficult to take seriously despite references to his having beaten her and thrown her downstairs during her pregnancy.

Despite references to camels, Islamic law and Afghan freedom fighters, the terrorism trial has somehow managed to sound a good deal like your average Brooklyn mob trial.

The original had seemed so edgy and contemporary - State of Play was state of the art - but the movie version, while perfectly watchable, could have been made any time in the last 30 years, despite references to blogs.

Then he claimed not to drink alcohol, despite references throughout the police file to the contrary, a photograph of him and Beal sitting on the couch with a bottle nearby and a D.W.I. arrest in 1985.

Some 180,000 people will flock to Sydney and Melbourne's largest sporting venues as English Premier League clubs Manchester United and Liverpool take the field in what are – despite references to the contrary from the tourists – little more than exhibition games.

However, "indecent" material is deemed not quite as offensive, despite references to sex or excretions.

Despite referencing Adele, Gavin and Arnold refused to confirm who had been signed up to play.

He said this had not been proven despite reference to an incident in which Pistorius allegedly threatened to break a man's legs.

Despite referencing the highest temperatures Iowa has seen on record during a survey of drought-stricken corn crops, Obama did not mention climate change once.

Despite reference to this stretch of polypeptide as the "hinge", it should be noted that TtrD cannot be correctly referred to as a "two-domain" protein.

Despite reference to EmOC, abortion care of any kind was rarely mentioned; where it was mentioned in 13 proposals (two were withdrawn) was in the context of post-abortion care.