Despite extensive attempts to obtain highly pure reagents, serious difficulty was experienced in obtaining reproducible rates of reaction.

Despite extensive internationally financed programs to upgrade the harbors at Moroni and Mutsamudu, by the early 1990s only Mutsamudu was operational as a deepwater facility.

Despite an extensive manhunt and an ongoing FBI investigation, the perpetrator has never been located or positively identified.

Despite extensive traditional medicinal use, melissa oil was initially prohibited by the International Fragrance Association ( IFRA )' s 43rd amendment, but this restriction appears to have been revisited and relaxed in the 44th amendment.

Despite extensive research into the interaction of modafinil with a large number of neurotransmitter systems, a precise mechanism or set of mechanisms of action remains unclear.

Despite being a time of great attrition for the religion in England before Catholic Emancipation in the 19th century, the recusant period reaped an extensive harvest of saints and martyrs.

Despite extensive constitutional protections, the Karimov government has actively suppressed the activities of political movements, continues to ban unsanctioned public meetings and demonstrations, and continues to suppress opposition figures.

Despite the extensive intervention of central banks, including partial and total nationalization of major European banks, the crisis of sovereign debt became particularly acute, first in Iceland, though as events of the early 2010s would show, it was not an isolated European example.

Despite the extensive classical art galleries and museums in the city, there is also a contemporary arts scene that has become increasingly prominent in recent times.

Despite his extensive knowledge of ancient history, classics, archaeology and what would be termed today cultural anthropology, he apparently had not even read enough in his nominal major to pass the required examination.

Despite her extensive research, she concluded " it is

Despite extensive research, no trace of documentation of the saying as Murphy's law has been found before 1951 ( see above ).

Despite active research spanning five decades, extensive regulatory actions, and an effective ban on their production since the 1970s, PCBs still persist in the environment and remain a focus of attention.

Despite such associations and contrary to stated Social Democratic Party policy, Sweden had in fact secretly maintained extensive military co-operation with NATO over a long period, and was even under the protection of a US military security guarantee ( see Swedish neutrality during the Cold War ).

Despite this, Bizet kept on good terms with his mother-in-law and maintained an extensive correspondence with her.

Despite Binet's extensive research interests and wide breadth of publications, today he is most widely known for his contributions to intelligence.

Despite an extensive tour and an appearance on Late Night with Conan O ' Brien, the album was not commercially successful, and when the label folded, the band and the label parted ways.

Despite the extensive cuts, the film was still negatively received by audiences, and remained an object of extreme controversy.

Despite extensive police resources channelled towards their capture, a wall of silence created by a mixture of fear and respect in the Shankill community, provided few leads that could be followed.

Despite the extensive project, builders retained the shell of the 1809 – 1812 building.

Despite extensive promotion by Benson, Home At Last generally received negative reviews, including that of Rupert Loydell who described it as " a disorganised, half-produced, and ultimately unsatisfying hotchpotch of songs ".

Despite extensive vaccination in many regions, it remains a major disease of dogs.

Despite his lack of an extensive formal education, Brock appreciated its importance.

* Despite extensive searches, no complete print of the movie has been found.

Despite its toxicity, a considerable fraction of petroleum oil entering marine systems is eliminated by the hydrocarbon-degrading activities of microbial communities, in particular by a remarkable recently discovered group of specialists, the so-called hydrocarbonoclastic bacteria ( HCCB ).

Despite the abundance of well-known seeps in southern California, the first commercial oil well in California was drilled in Humboldt County, northern California in 1865.

Despite the simplicity of their grass diet, new developments along the Persian Gulf coastline, particularly artificial island development in Arab states, pollution particularly by oil spills caused during the " Persian Gulf war " and also due to occasional oil spills, and uncontrolled hunting has had a negative impact on the survival of the dugongs.

Despite higher energy prices, oil and gas only contribute to 5. 7 % of Russia's GDP and the government predicts this will be 3. 7 % by 2011.

Despite intervention, market pressures caused the yen to continue climbing in value, peaking temporarily at an average of ¥ 271 per US $ 1 in 1973 before the impact of the 1973 oil crisis was felt.

Despite facing an oil crisis due to the OPEC embargo, the economy of Japan witnessed a large boom in this period, overtaking the economy of West Germany to become the second-largest in the world.

Despite being almost completely demolished after the end of World War II, it now builds warships both for the Deutsche Marine and for export ( see MEKO ), as well as oil drilling equipment and ships for numerous commercial customers.

Despite the setback caused by the storm, the town grew steadily, aided by the oil boom following the discovery petroleum reserves in Ged.

Despite its ability to repel insects, its oil is commonly utilized as a " lure " to attract honey bees.

Despite his links to the UK, he was temporarily declared an enemy alien in consequence by the British Government, and his UK oil assets sequestered, though returned with compensation at the end of the War.

Despite strong industry support for opening the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling, he voted against it.

Despite Ford's engines being well regarded for their ease of service, the Endura-E has a very awkward placing for its oil filter, which is quite high up, at the back of the engine and facing from left to right rather than pointing downwards or out – meaning it is very difficult to access from underneath the car ( without a mechanic's ramp ), and despite being very short, the can-type oil filter still manages to protrude past the tip of the adjacent starter motor, meaning it is very difficult to remove using chain-type grips.

Despite research dead ends, the horror of watching their son's health decline, and being surrounded by skeptics ( including the coordinators of the support group they attended ), they persisted until they finally hit upon a therapy involving adding a certain kind of oil ( actually containing two specific long chain fatty acids, isolated from rapeseed oil and olive oil ) to their son's diet.

Despite the antiquated engine tooling used by the Weslake factory ( dating from World War I ), failures rarely stemmed from the engine design itself, but more often from unreliable peripheral systems like fuel pumps, fuel injection and the oil delivery system.

Despite fierce opposition from the major oil companies who dominated the industry, Valley Nitrogen Producers was a resounding success.

Despite its performance and media buzz generated by articles in Car and Driver magazine, the project was discontinued because of the engine's oil pan having just of ground clearance, necessitated by the comparatively tall engine block.

Despite the upgraded construction, a fire in 1865 caused extensive damage, destroying the correspondence of James Smithson, Henry's files, two hundred oil paintings of American Indians by John Mix Stanley, and the contents of the public libraries of Alexandria, Virginia and Beaufort, South Carolina, confiscated by Union forces during the American Civil War.

Despite this defeat, local groups still seek either to become part of Somalia or independence, frequently resorting to violence ; one such action, the 2007 Abole oil field raid, has led to a series of military reprisals against civilians accused of supporting the Ogaden National Liberation Front.

Despite rising oil wealth, the kingdom was fiscally insolvent.