Sentence examples for despite the skills of from inspiring English sources

The baseball team he owns, the Texas Rangers, finished dead last in the American League West in each of the last three seasons -- despite the skills of Alex Rodriguez, who won a 10-year contract worth $252 million from Mr. Hicks, the most ever paid to a professional athlete.

I have other frustrations with how these women have been depicted, despite the skills of the actresses playing them.

Despite the skills of both Hastings and Birkett, who later became a much-lauded barrister in his own right, Mitchell-Hedges lost his case and had his reputation destroyed as a result.

According to film scholars Donald McCaffrey and Christopher Jacobs, modern viewers "will hardly get a flicker of a smile" from the film, despite the skill of its actors.

Reconstruction of the maxilla remains a challenge despite the availability of several flaps and the skills of the prosthodontist.

Despite anecdotes about how employers cannot find workers with the skills they need, there is little evidence that the unemployment rate remains elevated because of mismatches between the skill requirements of available jobs and the skills of the unemployed.

Several studies have addressed this issue in terms of a learning activity to improve problem solving, despite insufficiently addressing the skill of learner problem posing itself.

Despite their racing heritage and the skill of their designers and mechanics companies such as Bentley, Jaguar and Austin-Healey stouggled to make ends meet and in many cases went out of business.

Neither of those shows ever quite worked, despite the skills and energetic commitment of those casts (and the one-hour format could have been partly to blame for their tonal disarray).

Despite the skill and talent of African players, and their obvious achievements, success is viewed as a novelty.

But even these affectionately remembered films look naive and sentimental now, despite the evident skill of their making.