Sentence examples for despite the lead from inspiring English sources

The mainstream pop world wasn't swimming with opportunities for black orchestrators, despite the lead of Duke Ellington's arranger Billy Strayhorn.

Despite the lead Bayern's defence still looked on the verge of being overrun, which it duly was eight minutes later.

But Leiter did not win the game, despite the lead he had gotten off homers by Zeile and Todd Pratt and a run-scoring single by Edgardo Alfonzo.

Despite the lead Argentina looked to grow more nervous as the second half wore on and torrential rain started to pour down.

All week, Ryan said special teams had practiced a certain fake punt, and despite the lead, despite the field position, they tried it.

Despite the lead, there was still a sense Bayern were not entirely comfortable although Madrid were worse in a game of surprising imprecision for two teams of such rich resources.

"Men" had an inauspicious start despite the lead-in from "How I Met Your Mother," earning only 6.4 million viewers and a 2.0 rating in the adults 18-49 demo in its premiere, slipping to 5.4 million and a 1.8 rating in its second episode.

This problem occurred despite the lead-in statement: " Please answer this question regardless of your current amount of sexual activity".

The Columbia-Barnard team finished third despite holding the lead through the first two days of the competition.

In the 1948 Final, Blackpool lost 4-2 to Manchester United, despite taking the lead through a penalty kick by Eddie Shimwell.

And, despite taking the lead during the breaststroke, Beisel was out-crawled by Ye, who put herself almost three seconds clear of the American.