Sentence examples for spite of serious from inspiring English sources

In spite of serious injuries suffered in 2002, he emerged from the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens having won his third consecutive gold medal.

He won the Navy Cross for heroism leading his men off the beach at Iwo Jima "with complete disregard for his own safety" and in spite of serious wounds.

The inspectors added that the incident "was in spite of serious concerns identified to the trust by the Care Quality Commission as part of our on-going regulatory inspections".

In spite of serious omissions, in particular about the massacres in the areas that were theoretically made secure by the UN, in spite of its ponderous and often verbose style, it is unfortunately a book that must be read in order to understand how, with imperturbable coldness and implacable cynicism, the peacekeepers allowed an entire country to commit suicide.

Since all the developing countries have the right to enjoy life as comfortable as the advanced countries do, energy demands are increasing year by year in spite of serious shortage of petroleum.

In spite of serious reservations on the part of her parents and the difficulties involved in obtaining a US visa at that time, Helen decided to leave university and travel to the USA to be with Will to fight together against his illness.

Yet, in spite of a serious effort, a heaviness pervaded the collection.

Accordingly, he was again installed in the presidency on January 31 , 1951 in spite of the serious apprehensions of the military leaders who had deposed him in 1945.

In spite of a serious recurrence of illness in 1970, which put him out of action for several months, Henderson quickly established himself as one of the most effective and certainly the most flamboyant postwar British ambassador.

And yet in spite of these serious flaws the immensely vengeful, tedious, depressing, obsessive, paranoid, superstitious, reactionary, authoritarian, misogynistic and antisemitic flavour of the Ayatollah's thought shines through.

Merckx's style was based on sheer mental and physical strength, in spite of a serious back injury early in his career, plus the unique psychological advantage that his status gave him.