Sentence examples for despite their opposition from inspiring English sources

Despite their opposition, it was ratified by a huge margin.

After the December groundbreaking ceremony, exile press reports emerged that villagers were forced to attend the ceremony despite their opposition.

After travelling to France as an au pair in 1963, she married the eldest son of her host family, despite their opposition.

Despite their opposition, one military official of the rebel group today promised that Mr. Blah's appointment would not set off a resumption of fighting, only dialogue.

Most have been conspicuously quiet on this topic, despite their opposition to the nuclear deal and past support for muscular action.

That is just as well, since some American visitors seemed to bridle at being associated with a conflict undertaken in their name despite their opposition.

Despite voicing their opposition, the Woodland Trust Scotland did not submit a formal objection to the planning application, claiming they had missed the deadline due to a "misleading closing date".

And now, despite their early opposition, many Yolngu have come to depend on Rio Tinto, or rather what flows from it.

Despite their complaints, opposition leaders urged supporters to vote on Sunday and said they would have monitors at every polling station.

Some of also complain of "foetus fatigue" – a reluctance, despite their continuing opposition to abortion, to let reproductive issues so completely dominate the Christian agenda.

But there were those who, despite their stubborn opposition to shopping on Sundays, could be found running an errand, or three — and found it not so bad after all.