Sentence examples for notwithstanding once from inspiring English sources

Gaddafi's powers of survival notwithstanding, once the hurricane of the Arab democratic revolution began to blow, nothing seemed more obvious – or fitting – than that he, cruellest, most capricious and ruinous of Arab dictators, should be among the first three to be swept away.

Roses and Thorns on the Way to Success Roses or thorns notwithstanding, once the decision to replant in America is made, women leaders press forward no matter what.

Her seemingly effortless entertaining notwithstanding, she once famously admonished a young co-worker that "home is for changing one's clothes".

The occasional misfire notwithstanding (he once ate ham with Arcade Fire in Texas that "tasted and smelled like a toilet puck"), he said good meals on the road vastly outnumber stomach turners.

He was wry, gentle and wise – one of William James's "once-born", notwithstanding a life that had had its fair share of emotional turmoil.

But they talked as one in saying that — the name notwithstanding, a name they never once considered changing — their show is more than a mischievous one-liner.

Its editorial position notwithstanding, the fact that Artnet once provided a voice for either side of such a debate, and that this voice is now lost, is lamentable.

Santa Monica's once thriving downtown, notwithstanding a few high-rises that had been built on Ocean Avenue and a redevelopment agency-subsidized shopping mall, was dead.

With the dollar down, aglianico is no longer the value it once was, our $10 winner notwithstanding.

And for the purposes of this proceeding, Congressional taxonomy notwithstanding, the fish in question were once again regarded as catfish, not basa or tra.

Notwithstanding this rapid re-naming, Peshawar once again saw protests and anti-American sloganeering, though this time with no reported theft of Dutch clothing.