Sentence examples for move in spite of from inspiring English sources

Robbins (1932) has been influential in this positivist move, in spite of a late clarification (Robbins 1981) that his intention was not to disparage normative issues, but only to clarify the normative status of (useful and necessary) interpersonal comparisons of welfare.

Prime Minister Tsipras would have been in a strong position to carry out such a move, in spite of predictable domestic opposition, because 61% of the voters in the referendum had voted to reject the creditors' terms.

The Rugby Football League did not object to the move, in spite of his drug-damaged reputation, but stated much improvement was needed prior to any appearance for Castleford in the Super League competition.

It's moving (in spite of the infuriating incessant orchestral score, demanding that the viewer is stirred), but it's a story that cannot fail to move.

New York City has also been working to tackle the realities of flooding and offer solutions that keep the city moving in spite of its storms.

Many Weill scholars, though befuddled by these stylistic swerves, have pointed out that the work is somehow powerfully moving in spite of its mixed idiom.

Mr. Warren said that he and his wife, Kay, often marveled at Matthew Warren's "courage to keep moving in spite of relentless pain.

"Wiggo, spin to win", proclaimed the banner close to the start, along with the mod roundel which has become synonymous with the first British winner of the Tour de France, and the sideburned national hero's legs spun smoothly enough, his back barely moving in spite of the effort, in contrast to Froome's "busier" style and the fourth-placed Taylor Phinney's imitation of a nodding dog.

If, for example, one holds that LGBTQ people should be embraced and welcomed as full participants into the life and ministry of the church, the popular assumption among some is that one makes such moves in spite of rather than because of one's reading of scripture.

In some cases, the project director actively moves the control, such as by working to change the role of the patient to one that is more self-managed, while in other cases, both the control of the programs and its traveling moves in spite of the actions and desires of the project director.

We've gone from the science being the primary reason to move forward to the argument that we should move forward in spite of supposed weaknesses in the science of climate change.