Sentence examples for despite this protest from inspiring English sources

Voltaire strongly opposed the inclusion of illustrations in his works, as he stated in a 1778 letter to the writer and publisher Charles Joseph Panckoucke: Despite this protest, two sets of illustrations for Candide were produced by the French artist Jean-Michel Moreau le Jeune.

Despite this, the protests continued and the ANC adhered to its policy of non-violence.

Despite this downsizing, protests such as those in the north-east this year remain the exception, and have not (yet) escalated into a serious political crisis.

Despite this, the protests in Kiev are not anti-Russian.

The seven-stage drawing was printed with a note saying that "the cartoon in this issue appears despite the protest of 34 staff members.

So has the Tobacco Retailers Alliance, all this despite the protests of party health spokesman Andy Burnham and his sidekick, Diane Abbott, who speaks on public health issues such as smoking.

"Despite that protest and the score change, for us, this is a dream come true," Smith said.

Despite the protest, some users on Twitter backed the chain.

This, despite his protest to the contrary, is a (sophisticated) "god of the gaps" approach, an approach that is problematic in part because future developments often provide solutions to once apparently difficult problems.

Ignatieff got the nomination despite the protests.

Despite the protests, meetings went on.