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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tensions between the Islamist bloc and a loose minority coalition of liberal, secular, and Christian members of the assembly quickly developed into a deadlock over questions of human rights and the role of religion in the state, and the Islamist majority ultimately passed a draft constitution in spite of legal challenges and walkouts by the opposition.
With supporters of the two main candidates heavily mobilised, the vote passed off generally peacefully in spite of some minor hitches.
