Sentence examples for despite the robust from inspiring English sources

Despite the robust flow of tourists, the Old Town is still very much home to locals.

Despite the robust economy, the working poor's lot will never improve while government-subsidized old-agers can steal their jobs.

And there's no question that despite the robust economy, many people will go out of their way for a bargain.

Nor do they acknowledge that, despite the robust G.D.P., Russia's rankings on such essential global economic issues as competitiveness and labor efficiency are appallingly low.

Despite the robust nature of much of the debate online, I do perceive a sort of online Omerta, a Way of the Blogs.

But despite the robust travel job market, educational offerings and data suggesting that many travel jobs pay well, some industry insiders say they suffer from an image problem.

"Despite the robust Halifax and Nationwide data for May, we are sticking for now to our forecast that house prices will fall by another 10% from current levels to trough around mid-2010.

Yet despite the more robust funding, the $5,000 rebate is gone.

During the presidential campaign, Mr. Bush made the case that large-scale tax relief was vital despite the seemingly robust economy because it offered "insurance" against a future downturn.

Despite the currently robust prices, OPEC is concerned in large part because of a belief among oil traders, shaped by optimistic forecasts by the United States government, that Iraqi exports could resume in weeks.

Despite the more robust indicators in recent weeks, the Fed is expected to maintain its efforts to keep interest rates ultralow and pump tens of billions of dollars into the economy each month, a policy known as quantitative easing.