"Significant efforts have been put into improving north-south links.
Sadly, despite significant effort, diplomacy has failed, unilateralism has prevailed over multilateralism and the world has entered its first major regional war of the 21st century badly damaged.
This spate of traffic collisions has occurred despite significant efforts by the agency to saturate traffic patrols on Angeles Crest — especially on weekends, when it is most often crowded with cars and motorcycle riders.
Despite significant efforts, the outcome of treatments for glioblastoma (GBM) has so far been disappointing.
Despite significant efforts, including free uniform offers to get more reception parents to claim, not one has.
Despite significant efforts in the field, the design requirements for various tissue engineering scaffolds have still not been defined precisely.
Despite significant efforts directed toward research on HIV-1 vaccines, a truly effective immunogen has not been achieved.
However, despite significant efforts over the past 50 years on catalyst development, only limited studies have been performed on NPMC-based cathode catalyst layer (CCL) designs.
Despite significant efforts on studying physiologically relevant tissue structures and functions, however, only recently have technological advancements allowed for the engineering of more complex tissue structures.
Despite significant efforts in clinical research in pancreatic cancer during the last decade, only moderate progress has been achieved.
Despite significant efforts to reform health care in China, says Karen Eggleston, coverage is "wide but shallow". Eggleston has written about the Chinese government's ambitious reforms.
