Sentence examples for outright, despite from inspiring English sources

Boris Johnson raised the spirits of the Conservative annual conference by telling them that, they could win the next general election outright despite the opinions polls and recent defections to Ukip.

One-third of those Americans and one out of 7 foreigners were killed outright, despite ransom payments exceeding $100 million.

moved on to a runoff instead of winning re-election outright, despite being the daughter of former New Orleans Mayor Moon Landrieu (D).

Over the ensuing decades, 28 other states plus Washington, DC, authorized medical marijuana either by ballot or legislation, while seven states plus DC have legalized cannabis outright, despite ongoing federal prohibition.

It lowered its forecast for inflation this year to 0.6% from a previous forecast of 0.7%, but Draghi said policymakers did not expect outright deflation, despite a current inflation rate of just 0.3%.

For an artist who had steered clear of outright partisanship despite songs that focus on the downtrodden, the show represented a homecoming that held the threat of a hostile backlash from conservative fans.

Once the exit poll came through, they weren't sure if they were meant to celebrate the prediction that they would replace Labour as the largest party in parliament – or weep that they had not won an outright majority, despite facing a government that was 13 years old and headed by a hugely unpopular prime minister.

Having initially dismissed Osborne's plans as empty electioneering, by the time the Tories had won an outright majority despite voters in almost every northern city showing them the finger, I had begun to think the powerhouse was an actual thing that might really happen.

The Mail on Sunday's leading article also referred to Cameron suffering "two hammer blows" (clichés are so useful, otherwise they wouldn't be clichés, would they?) Anyway, the MoS was eager to remind its readers that "Ukip is too marginal a party to win the general election outright" so, despite Nigel Farage's attractions, stick with Cameron.

Using the example of the fabled Indian rope trick, Lamont aims to show, and largely succeeds, how people will believe a thing is true, despite all rational evidence to the contrary, indeed despite outright denials of its existence, if it is repeated that it is true often enough.

The MPs single out cases in Humberside, Sussex and West Mercia, where appointments of deputy commissioners went ahead despite outright opposition from the official supervisory panels.