Despite the large number of species in order Asterales, they do not compare in economic benefit for mankind to the Poales or to the Fabaceae.

Despite this relative peace, the king was still forced to deal with a number of Danish raids and incursions.

Despite trailing the Nintendo Entertainment System in terms of number of units sold, the 7800 was a profitable enterprise for Atari Corp., benefiting largely from Atari ’ s name and the system's 2600 compatibility.

Despite the much-vaunted capabilities, the Phoenix was rarely used in combat, with only two confirmed launches and no confirmed targets destroyed in US Navy service, though a large number of kills were claimed by Iranian F-14s during the Iran – Iraq War.

Despite the opposition of some of their number, the Israelites assemble and send away their foreign wives and children.

Despite strenuous efforts, Captain Hood's isolated ship came under heavy fire and was unable to cut off the trailing Justice as the French survivors escaped seawards, Zealous being struck by a number of French shot and losing one man killed.

Despite the fact that many of Bacardi's offerings are aimed at the lower and middle-part of the price spectrum, Bacardí rums have been entered in a number of international spirit ratings competitions.

Despite the loss, Cleveland players took home a number of awards.

Despite financial difficulties, Caligula embarked on a number of construction projects during his reign.

Despite its being a non-metric unit, a number of metric countries have used this unit for its limited range of application.

Despite making a number of mockumentaries, Guest dislikes the term.

Despite its limited success as a consumer offering, CDPD was adopted in a number of enterprise and government networks.

Despite success in reuniting large sections of the wider Christadelphian community and periodic efforts at reuniting smaller offshoots, there are still a number of groups who remain separate from other bodies of Christadelphians.

Despite this loss of an obvious military leadership in the camps by July 1940, with war in Europe and Asia, an increasing number of CCC projects focused on resources for national defense, developing infrastructure for military training facilities and forest protection.

Despite a large number of Homo fossils finds, chimpanzee fossils ( genus Pan ) were not described until 2005.

Despite these forebodings, Low yielded the UK number three single " Sound and Vision ", and its own performance surpassed that of Station to Station in the UK chart, where it reached number two.

Despite this, there is a substantial number of chamber works that incorporate the double bass in both small and large ensembles.

Despite this particular mission, in winning the Albigensians over by persuasion Dominic met limited success, " for though in his ten years of preaching a large number of converts were made, it has to be said that the results were not such as had been hoped for.

Despite a number of invitations, the Court has so far refused to apply the protections of this article to same-sex marriage.

Despite ( or because of ) the recession, the total number of franchised units increased by 5. 3 % from 2009 to 2010.

Despite its unpleasantness and expense, a diagnostic fast may be the only effective way to confirm or refute a number of serious forms of hypoglycemia, especially those involving excessive insulin.

Despite these problems, the number of visitors arriving in Honduras rose from fewer than 200, 000 in 1987 to almost 250, 000 in 1989.

Despite its small size, Hong Kong has a relatively large number of mineral occurrences.

Despite the need for an heir, Elizabeth declined to marry, despite offers from a number of suitors across Europe, including the Swedish king Erik XIV.

Despite some similarities between these two causes, the creation science movement represented a shift from overtly religious to covertly religious objections to evolutionary theory — raising what it claimed to be scientific evidence in support of a literal interpretation of the Bible.

Despite the decline in popularity of postcards that are overtly ' saucy ', postcards continue to be a significant economic and cultural aspect of British seaside tourism.

Despite being overtly racist initially, these hostile feelings mellow, as shown through his close friendship with the Trinidadian shopkeeper, Patrick Trueman ( Rudolph Walker ).

Despite the use of magic or other fantastic elements such as dragons, the world is normally presented as one that would function normally, one in which people could actually live, making economic, historical, and ecological sense.

Despite this, Sir Alex Ferguson was full of praise for the striker, who scored three goals in 13 matches in all competitions during his three-month stay, saying, " He's been fantastic for us, his professionalism, his attitude, everything he's done has been excellent.

Despite being a small town, Owase offers a wide selection of fantastic and affordable restaurants.

Despite Dion Dublin's fantastic form he was not included in England's 1998 World Cup Squad.

Despite this, however, she held Kneale in high esteem, describing him as “ a fantastic writer ... hugely imaginative ... considering the impact his work has had, I think he's undervalued ”.

Despite his status and condition, his fantastic subjects and extraordinarily detailed style were generally well-received, with one period reviewer describing his work as " exquisitely ideal ".

" Despite the popularity of this popular meaning of Romance, other works are still, occasionally, referred to as romances because of their uses of other elements descended from the medieval romance, or from the Romantic movement: larger-than-life heroes and heroines, drama and adventure, marvels that may become fantastic, themes of honor and loyalty, or fairy-tale-like stories and story settings.

Despite its fantastic manner, Child of God contains much unobtrusive historical detail about Sevier County, Tennessee, including references to local Ku Klux Klan-like groups of the 1890s known as White Caps and Bluebills.

Despite his girth, Newman is a " fantastic " tennis player and a nimble runner.

Despite the delays and setbacks Jackson returned with conclusive photographic evidence of the various western landmarks that had previously seemed only a fantastic myth: the Grand Tetons, Old Faithful and the rest of Yellowstone, Colorado's Rockies and the Mount of the Holy Cross, and the uncooperative Ute Indians.

Despite their artistic disagreements with King, Rutherford maintains that Genesis owes the producer a debt of gratitude: Jonathan King, for all his faults-he has a funny reputation in England-did give us a fantastic opportunity.

Despite his fantastic story, Dale believes the Doctor.

Despite calling the songs ' lyrics and production " fantastic ", Brett Berliner of Stylus Magazine noted a lack of cohesiveness as an album and stated, " Separate, the songs all sound great, but together, they don ’ t make a real album.

Despite Lleyton Hewitt's fantastic record against compatriot Australians, Guccione knocked him out 7 – 6, 7 – 6 in the second round.

Despite fantastic performances from Danny Brough, Jimmy Elston, Frank Watene and the vastly experienced Richard Slater, Dewsbury were relegated the following year.

" Despite his fantastic scoring record and unashamedly selfish nose for goal, he was weak in the air and a poor tackler.

Despite not featuring any coherent plot structure, this whimsical book achieved cult status amongst fanatics of fantastic art due to Matthew's striking and surreal paintings.