Sentence examples for despite the start of from inspiring English sources

US bombing continued yesterday, despite the start of Ramadan.

Neutral colours have followed – but the scarf has remained, as if to ward off the Canberra chill, forever in the corridors and forecourt despite the start of summer.

The level of people arriving from Italy is also relatively low, the interior ministry said, despite the start of a new smuggling season in the waters between Italy and Libya.

A major deterrent is that Rawabi is situated in territory under Israeli military occupation, a situation that has no clear prospect of changing despite the start of formal peace talks next week.

BLED, Slovenia, Aug. 27 — The political deadlock over Kosovo's future is unlikely to be resolved anytime soon despite the start of new negotiations on the province this week, according to two leading politicians involved in the talks.

Sequestration So Far Despite the start of furloughs for air traffic controllers resulting from government spending cuts, most commercial airline flights took off smoothly last night and this morning.

Manchester United's Portuguese pouter has snapped out of his early-season mood and already scored more goals than at this stage last season, despite missing the start of the campaign.

Mercedes say they are determined to extend their performance advantage over the rest of the field despite dominating the start of the season.

MacDonald, who spent 10 years at St Johnstone, scored 15 goals last term, despite missing the start of the season with an injury.

Capital spending, despite cuts at the start of the government's period in office, has been revived.

The victory was the first time in 49 games -- dating from April 1998 -- that the Nets won despite trailing at the start of the fourth quarter.