Sentence examples for proceeded in the face of from inspiring English sources

Unlike other schemes to "densify" or "upgrade" or "rebuild" council-owned estates in London that have proceeded in the face of fierce opposition and sometimes gone horribly wrong, this one envisages very little demolition of existing homes and enjoys substantial support from estate residents.

Aware, however, of the setback suffered by Pope Adrian VI's precipitate reform policy a decade earlier, he proceeded, in the face of great internal opposition, with a slow but deliberate call for conversion of the Roman clergy and curia, as well as a reorganization of the papal offices.

These adaptation and sympatric speciation phenomena proceeded in the face of ongoing distinct gene flow between the opposite slopes [ 33].

"I am not prepared to proceed in the face of that risk.

These transactions are proceeding in the face of warnings issued by Rod Sims, chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.

The question is whether Turkey's body politic would allow the process to proceed in the face of more attempts to derail it.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in New York, allowed the new lawsuit to proceed in the face of language in the Ricci decision suggesting that it might be barred.

The Court has asked both parties in the case to submit, by Wednesday, their views on how the case should proceed in the face of the government's changed position.

The tactic could also be considered in a first bid, where, for example, a bidder puts an attractive offer on the table but is unwilling to proceed in the face of opposition from a large shareholder.

In a 1995 speech on what he called "the death penalty dialogue between law and social science," Professor Baldus considered what had led the Supreme Court to allow executions to proceed in the face of his study.

In his case, he agreed to the donation without consulting with his wife, and I'm wondering if any transplant teams would proceed in the face of less than full support from a separately consulted spouse.