Sentence examples for despite the colossal from inspiring English sources

Despite the colossal wealth of the ruling class, the number of poor is surprisingly large.

Despite the colossal disaster, some plants in the area seem to have adapted well, flourishing in the contaminated soil.

Despite the colossal size of the business that he and his team have developed, he always takes a hands-on approach, especially to any criticism of Tesco.

Despite the colossal fuss made in the newspapers, it is difficult to believe that the nation was seriously exercised by last week's events at Ambridge, or that the EastEnders' baby-swap story inflamed the sensibilities of more than a few thousand habitués of the BBC complaints department.

But before we get too self-congratulatory about 2008's diverse and idiosyncratic selection, it should be noted that women are conspicuous by their absence, despite the colossal pay-packets still demanded by Reese Witherspoon (up to $20m), Angelina Jolie ($15m) and Cameron Diaz ($12m).

That's why it works on console despite the colossal sums involved.

The scale of English Renaissance buildings remains human and intimate, despite the sometimes colossal pretensions of the magnates who built them.

Yet, despite the congestion caused by the colossal expansion in the use of the private automobile and the reduction in the number of tramcars, city transport has once more become efficient.

This related that despite the proud words (which it repeated) on the colossal statue, no trace, save perhaps one "prostrate fragment", now remained.

And the colossal muddle goes on.

The colossal, bloated victim is magnificently drawn.