Sentence examples for despite the trial from inspiring English sources

On Wednesday, the appeal court judges refused Betson and Cockran leave to challenge their convictions, despite the trial judge's admission that he "nodded off" in closing speeches during the Old Bailey proceedings in 2002.

Here, despite the trial being probably illegal under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act, the government took no action and appears to have condoned plans for a roll out of the technology.

Despite the trial and the collapse of a $19.5 billion deal with Chinalco, a state-owned aluminum company, Rio is working with Chinalco on potential joint ventures in Mongolia.

Despite the trial, Rob Titchener has been given a new job in The Archers (Weekdays, 7pm, Radio 4) and therefore he'll be sticking around for the foreseeable, proving that it is possible to send a chill of cold air through the radio.

Members of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot plan to continue their anti-Putin protests despite the trial of three colleagues on hooliganism charges.

This occurred despite the trial having minimal exclusion criteria.

Jon M. Shane, 45, a professor of criminal justice at John Jay who retired as a police captain in Newark, said that many veterans stayed on because "despite the trials and tribulations, they've mastered the tasks of policing and enjoy the camaraderie".

Despite the trials her subjects have faced, Ms. Liu said that photographing them is not difficult.

Despite the trials of the flood and the bureaucratic lethargy, a glance around Brooklyn Motor Works suggests that things are going well.

That is despite the trials of David Cameron's coalition government, which has overseen an economic slump and a drop in living standards.

As someone who grew to maturity during the second world war years, he was a natural anglophile, despite the trials of having to deal with Thatcherite British ministers and the contrariness of Tory MEPs.