Sentence examples for pass in spite of from inspiring English sources

And this is just a fraction of the two sectors' total spend on television advertising and other efforts to influence the debate.The fact that health reform is likely to pass in spite of this wall of money does not mean that Congress is impervious to the power of special interests.

Craven was approached again but continued to pass in spite of repeated requests.

Burk replied that a majority rule is a "two-edged sword," since votes on important matters could be passed in spite of our disagreement.

It was passed in spite of massive pressure that had been brought to bear against it, and against the regulation of cigarette advertising generally, by the tobacco industry, the broadcasting industry, and their lobbyists and political allies.

It's more like "in spite of".

It might be surprising to find similarity in those high-pass images in spite of 2-h separation.

It's an insult to every student whose A-levels and degree are the same or better than his, and who didn't get a free pass to Cambridge in spite of them.

They are expected to pass, nevertheless, and in spite of a growing number of lawmakers who say they will vote no — including the deputy labor minister, a member of the Socialist Party who resigned on Thursday to protest the deal.

This decision immediately became relevant on the issue of health care as the administration, with encouragement from leadership in Congress, decided to try to pass the bill in spite of no longer controlling, even nominally, 60 Senate seats.

This rushed hour and a half passes pleasantly enough, in spite of an incoherent plot (something to do with international counterfeiting) and so-so action sequences.

You go on in spite of it.