Sentence examples for despite rules from inspiring English sources

Everyone played rougher, despite rules limiting physical contact.

Despite rules changes that permit more conservative dress, it still has a bikini-driven reputation.

Their predicament highlights the obstacles faced by energy customers who want to switch, despite rules to open up competition.

Despite rules that make it easier to fire staff members, last year Green Dot administrators terminated only 7 of more than 420 employees.

The women also sustained concussions almost twice as frequently as the men, despite rules in women's hockey designed to curb body checking.

(Ms. Frye, who also works for President Obama's domestic policy team, was granted a waiver to work for the administration despite rules that ban the employment of lobbyists).

Deported to Trinidad Despite Ruling An unwarranted judicial reach, or a valid effort to close a legal breach?

There were no crushed skulls or near-death experiences on the field, despite rule changes meant to create a more brutal game.

After Britain's track cyclists matched their medal haul from Beijing despite rule changes designed to limit their dominance, Moynihan said Brailsford had proved his doubters wrong.

In 1974, when a strike erased five weeks of training camp, scoring dropped to 18.2 points per team per game from 19.5, despite rule changes intended to increase scoring.

Despite rule changes that have rendered the exact definition of "amateurism" somewhat ambiguous, it has remained a long-standing successful legal tool for the organization that governs college sports. .