Sentence examples for despite the contention from inspiring English sources

Despite the contention, some residents welcome the rink.

The grand jury indicted Mr. Mendoza despite the contention by Nydia Albaladejo, the 19-year-old woman who was attacked, that he had saved her life.

At the same time, despite the contention of his press secretary that "the president is not a gambler," he has always been willing to take big risks.

It is the reason so many Raiders players say they like and trust Gruden despite the contention by several veterans that they went behind his back to Davis.

The judge said they were free to follow the law despite the contention of Davis's attorneys that they could not act without Davis's consent.

A deeply divided court eventually ruled by five votes to four that the cross could stay, despite the contention of secularists that it violated the constitution's ban on the establishment of a religion.

"Still, despite all the contention and all the fights the Mandelas seem to be having, I think they are quite aware that an end-of-life decision may need to be taken.

But what I will remind them is that, despite all the contention, we now know that the law works".

St. Basil's posture is that it is generally pleased with the ruling, despite its loss on the contention that the students had status as residents.

(AP) BAGWELL PLANNING TO PLAY -- Jeff Bagwell is planning to show up at spring training, despite the Astros' contention that he is too hurt to play.

For organisations with a major programme of UK-wide collections, this will clearly increase costs and create a considerable additional administrative requirement, despite the reports contention that "this should not represent too great a burden".