Sentence examples for despite sizable from inspiring English sources

To Smith's point, despite sizable public investment in research and development (nearly $150 billion this year), relatively scant attention is devoted to investigating whether the process of science, in its current form, is well-designed for generating knowledge.

Results in the highest VAT tertile were notable for a lack of increase in the prevalence of low HDL in men and women and in rates of impaired fasting glucose in men with increasing subcutaneous fat, despite sizable differences in BMI across SAT tertiles (27.1 to 36.3 kg/m[women]; 28.1 to 35.7 kg/m[men]).

Despite a sizable stock buyback program, per-share earnings at Lone Star fell 15percentt last year.

Despite its sizable budget, a staff of more than 1,200 and a large number of students, Windham awarded just 5,287 G.E.D.'s in the last school year.

California Republicans have been remarkably successful in governor's races — winning six of the last eight — despite Democrats' sizable advantage in voter registration.

Unfortunately, despite its sizable horn, the "Siberian unicorn" looked more like a rhinoceros than the mythical creature its nickname refers to.

Terrorists were able to store ammunition in the Taj Hotel, and enter it and two other hotels with arms, despite a sizable private security contingent at all three.

"The Power of Two," his duet show with the Broadway heartthrob Cheyenne Jackson last June, injected a note of gay pride into a cabaret world that, despite its sizable gay audience, is reticent about sexuality, at least in its upper echelon.

LONDON — A higher-than-expected budget deficit in Portugal and the need for more money to rescue Ireland's failing banks have renewed fears that Europe's debt crisis is worsening despite its sizable bailout fund.

Given that Obama carried the state by more than twelve percentage points in 2008, I have always thought that Romney, despite the sizable population of Nevada Mormons, faced a monumental task in winning here.

Despite its sizable health perks -- relief from menopausal symptoms, stronger bones and possible cardiovascular benefits -- as many as two-thirds of women who start H.R.T. stop the treatment within two years.