In spite of years of investment, the situation is worsening.
He kept on smoking in spite of warnings.
In spite of lots of it in front of me, I only take a little
In spite of so many years of vigilance, she had blundered twice within five minutes.
In spite of all his talk he never seems get to the point
In spite of thousands of years of endeavour, little progress has been made in the scientific understanding of dreams.
Very good memories of that period of time, in spite of a slow but worry no worry, simple and fun.
In spite of the large number of people, Xiang Liang always takes his command in town with ease.
According to Clara, from that day on nothing was the same, in spite of the reconciliation, in spite of their trip to a town on the coast, a rather sad and dull trip, as it turned out.
流浪汉刚想开口提醒，他想起了菩萨的话。
In spite of the plethora of resolutions and declarations of intent the goal of general and complete disarmament remains a mirage.
Then, in spite of the failure of his first search, he began a second, after having told Gaetano to roast one of the two kids.
Emerging market IPOs have been running at double the cash value of developed market IPOs, in spite of the much smaller market scale.
But if he does not come soon I must go in spite of all orders for I have a report to make now.
Fortunately, Voltaire was the author of "Candide" in spite of this, and in spite of this, he is, among all the men who have followed each other in the long series of humanity, the one who has best possessed the diabolical laugh.
The well-known Jiangqiao War of Resistance was the first large-scale resistance of the Chinese army against the Japanese aggressors in spite of Zhang Xueliang's policy of non-resistance.
In the Brute Age, everything is determined by the human's needs in spite of the agriculture production, stockbreeding , the use of iron utensils, even the development of the clanship.
When Hitler caught sight of a sad-looking boy, he frowned, then quickly force a smile and said, "In spite of my point of view towards the Jews, I'd do you a favour. And your dream will come true.
Dants continued at his post in spite of the presence of the pilot, until this manoeuvre was completed, and then he added, "half-mast the colors, and square the yards!"
Every eye was turned towards the young man who, spite of the agitation he could not but feel, advanced with dignity, and said, in a firm voice, "I am he; what is your pleasure with me?"
Shecaniah the son of Jehiel, one of the sons of Elam, said to Ezra, "We have been unfaithful to our God and have married foreign women from the peoples of the land; yet now there is hope for Israel in spite of this.
In spite of their advanced culture,
She flushed, though, in spite of herself.
Some would spill in spite of the gang's threats.
In spite of all kinds of obstructions we succeeded in carrying most of our plans through.
courage is not the lake of fear, but the action in spite of it
In spite of this familiar look there was a strangeness in his figure.
"For in spite of her tender years and evident delicate health, she had an air of natural distinction."
With Hanna things felt good for weeks—in spite of our fights, in spite of the fact that she pushed me away again and again, and again and again I crawled to her.
recent immigrants who are lumped together as a class by their low socioeconomic status in spite of different cultural backgrounds.
In spite of all that has been said, quite a lot of people are still uncertain about the prices of housing in China.
That's what had discouraged her, knowing that, and she felt compromised and alone, in spite of the outward friendliness of the community.
He was aware, in spite of his youthfulness and selfishness, that this was somehow connected with the never-mentioned thing that was about to happen.
The Tang Dynasty dancing costume, in spite of the exuberantly traditional style, was in searching of sense of beauty, of personality as well as of the fashion of up-date.
Concordance lines of high-frequency verbs' collocation with nouns in CLEC show that there exist great limitations in the students' mastery of these collocations in spite of the existence of chunking effect.
In March of this year, I traveled thousands of miles with my colleagues in spite of everything, just to see you. In my heart, Huizhou, you are a warm home.
She was patient--a martyr, indeed but she forebore to pray for enemies, lest, in spite of her forgiving aspirations, the words of the blessing should stubbornly twist themselves into a curse.
2010 was a year that ended without any silverware for Ronaldo, but in spite of this, few would dispute that the Madeira native had an outstanding twelve months, statistically if nothing else.
it was a hack conveyance which was elevated to the rank of a private carriage in honor of the occasion, but, in spite of its humble exterior, the young men would have thought themselves happy to have secured it for the last three days of the Carnival.
He made something of himself in spite of difficulties.
A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures - and that is the basis of all human morality.
We of this Congress and this administration will be remembered in spite of ourselves.
Yet in spite of appearances the elaborate behavior pattern of the wasp is simply a sequence of automatic stages.
In spite of fatigues of every kind, and under every climate, Dr. Fergusson's constitution bore up marvelously.
I will become a firefly and even in the day my glow will be seen in spite of the sun.
In spite of the improvement in rolling techniques and roll performance, spalling of roll surfaces, mainly caused by pinching and skidding of strip, cannot be avoided.
and that in spite of his utmost tergiversation and treachery in furtherance of the reigning terror, a word might bring it down upon him.
In spite of you and me and the whole silly world going to pieces around us, I love you. 我爱你，直到世界终结。
It was taken in spite of the sharp resistance of the Chinese infantry, which defended it inch by inch, but in vain, on account of the inferiority of their equipment.
Last summer she had two of her own little bears, but in spite of that she adopted one half year old orphan who hadn’t any parents to look after itself.
In spite of great difficulties, New China, defying brute force, was compelled to wage a just war to defend the homeland and achieved a great victory, effectively safeguarding state independence and the people's security.
Adv. phr. in spite of appearances; actually.
In spite of their old age and fragile bodies,
In spite of difficulties and frustrations of the moment I still have a dream.
No one carried a pound of superfluous flesh, in spite of the vast quantities of starchy food.
In spite of the current world economic downturn, the transnational corporation is continuing with its investment plans in China.
In spite of the signs of a bubble, the rapid growth of credit to the property sector suggests that the banking system is incapable of managing its risks.
It is really a pity there are no well-known famous brand in the egg industry in spite of lots of famous brands in food industry.
The next one, I think I'm up to six, in spite of the fact of talking about authorship of all these documents, part of modern historical criticism questions the authenticity of authorship all the time.
In spite of this, Princess Wencheng assisted Songzan Ganbu in every possible way with the construction of the capital which ended in the region's fast development into a prosperous place.
In spite of2 reminders, the above account still remains unsettled.
in spite of that;nevertheless;even so
In spite of a long struggle we succeeded in carrying most of our plans through.
In spite of the troubles of the past two years, there could be light at the end of the tunnel.
In spite of the fact that she was not of noble rank, and of the disapproval of his family, the young Count married her.
The party's decision to enact the law in spite of that resistance is a great symbolic victory for economic reform and the rule of law.
It guaranteed a wide peace and security; that is why it was endured and sustained by many men of the "subject" races--in spite of official tyrannies and insufficiencies, and of much negligence on the part of the "home" public.
But now European Union plans for a common tax base have begun to gain pace and may even take wing, in spite of several countries' efforts to stop them.
continue doing sth in spite of difficulties
The new spirit caught on in spite of age-old tradition.
Digital gangrene progressed with right index finger amputated in spite of cessation of smoking, parenteral prostaglandin, immunosuppressive, and anticoagulant therapy.
Hawkwood made large sums of money in this way. In spite of this, the Italians regarded him as a sort of hero.
In spite of all stories of prosperity in the United States, not only does poverty exist there, but crimes of various types have been increasing at an alarming rate.
He fall in love with Gudrun, the sister of Gunnar, and that, too, in spite of those love scenes and speeches of his with Brynhild, for the beauty of which the Volsunga Saga is perhaps unequalied by any other epic story whatever.
In spite of that big, barren space between you and your goal, in spite of the fear of rejection or humiliation, dance.
The work at the weather observation stations goes on regularly without any interruption, in spite of any weather conditions.
In spite of the wind and rain, when you serve in the army, you are not less than three-thirds a day.
The trade-weighted dollar index is down by more than a third over the past decade, and the euro continues to trade near a 52-week high in spite of questions about whether Portugal will need a bailout.
In spite of many difficulties, the expedition finished the job well.
The therapy had to be stopped on account of pyoderma gangrenosum and exacerbation of psoriasis in spite of a biochemical response to the therapy for hepatitis C.
Mr Thornhill, in spite of his real ignorance, talked with easy upon ordinary subjects in a way which might well win the admiration of a girl unused to the world.
In spite of its name, silk was not the most important commodity traversing the Silk Road.
In spite of reduced respiration, oxygen levels in the blood of the mice did not change, suggesting that no part of the body was at risk of being starved of oxygen.
In spite of the evidence he was not condemned.
In spite of the structural change, the manufacturing sector remained an important sector of the economy, providing employment to 202984 persons (9 per cent of the total private sector employees) in December 2001.
The director shows a fine sense of humor and a lightness of touch in spite of the film's darker themes of difficult labor relations and emotional isolation.
In spite of their overexposure to oil, they may be persuaded to take advantage of a one-off opportunity.
This equation was rediscovered a little later by Klein and Gordon and they published their work in spite of its disagreeing with observation.
Perservere in one's studies in spite of hardships
And in spite of the endless slaughters reported in the Press and on the telescreens, the desperate battles of earlier wars, in which hundreds of thousands or even millions of men were often killed in a few weeks, have never been repeated.
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