Despite the fundamental importance and frequent necessity of statistical reasoning, there may nonetheless have been a tendency among biologists to distrust or deprecate results which are not qualitatively apparent.

Despite heroic efforts, Old Prussian sovereignty would eventually collapse after a succession of wars instigated by Pope Honorius III and his frequent calls for crusade.

Despite these frequent moves he wrote all his major work during his 20-plus years in the Netherlands, where he managed to revolutionize mathematics and philosophy.

Another view is that Robin Hood's origins must be sought in folklore or mythology ; Despite the frequent Christian references in the early ballads, Robin Hood has been claimed for the pagan witch-cult supposed by Margaret Murray to have existed in medieval Europe.

Despite his jealous tempers and frequent absences, Sophia loved him, and bore him seven children who survived to adulthood.

Despite her frequent pregnancies, she travelled with Shah Jahan's entourage throughout his earlier military campaigns and the subsequent rebellion against his father.

Despite its frequent use by the Romans, the horrors of crucifixion did not escape mention by some of their eminent orators.

Despite another nomination for Best Picture and winning two Oscars for frequent collaborator Russell Boyd's cinematography, and for sound effects editing, the film's box office success was moderate ($ 93 million at the North American Box Office ).

Despite its frequent use, characters such as Leonard McCoy and Katherine Pulaski are reluctant to use the transporter, as the characters express in the Next Generation episodes " Encounter at Farpoint " and " Unnatural Selection ", respectively.

Despite their frequent clashes, Paula and Elliot fall in love and sleep together.

Despite frequent promises of not blaming others it was very common for the ensuing sentence or paragraph to do just that, all under a pretence of friendliness and half-heartedness.

Despite the frequent wars between Champa and Cambodia, the two countries also traded and cultural influences moved in both directions.

Despite making frequent trips around the continent and around the world during his year-long tenure as AU chairman, Sassou Nguesso's achievements in the office were limited.

Despite the metallurgical experience of Pont-à-Mousson, this resulted in excessive flex, timing problems and frequent failures.

Despite frequent revolts by the native population, the Venetians retained the island until 1669, when the Ottoman Turks took possession of it.

Despite high media attention and frequent TV portrayals, examining judges are actually active in only a small minority of cases.

Despite the magazine's frequent statements to the contrary, the designation is often regarded as an honor, and spoken of as an award or prize, simply based on many previous selections of admirable people.

Despite frequent interruptions due to bomb scares, the service has remained a more or less constant feature of the NIR network.

Despite living in Westwood, he is a frequent character in the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.

Despite this, they are often excluded from trials because their more frequent health issues and drug use produce unreliable data.

Despite this, Bhosle is the most frequent winner of this award to date, tying with Alka Yagnik.

Despite published performance figures the North London Line used to be regarded by frequent travellers as offering a poor service ,< ref > with extremely congested trains and an unreliable service < ref > with trains often cancelled shortly before they are due to arrive.

Despite its frequent breakdowns, the train lasted until early 2002 before its permanent withdrawal from service.

Despite the frequent interchangeability between the Covent Garden and Drury Lane companies, competition was intense, often presenting the same plays at the same time.

Despite the frequent appearance of a characteristic " HE " monogram, the attribution of works to Eworth — and the identification of his sitters — remains in flux.

Despite this danger, however, we are informed on every hand that ideas, not machines, are our finest tools ; ;

Despite accusations that midwives were " incompetent and ignorant ", some argued that poorly trained surgeons were far more of a danger to pregnant women.

Despite the danger, Eastwood insisted on doing all his own climbing and stunts.

Despite persistent pleas to reinforce this sector, Beauregard could not convince his colleagues of the danger.

Despite his father's concern that he was in danger of losing his already weak eyesight, Eliade read passionately.

Despite this conclusion, the German airport authorities ( who were legally responsible for the state of the airport's runways, but generally unaware of the danger of slush on runways for aircraft like the Ambassador ) took legal action against Captain Thain, as the one pilot who had survived the crash.

Speaking on this measure in the House of Lords, Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough said " I trust your Lordships will pause before you assent to an experiment pregnant with danger to the security of property …" Despite a brilliant speech by Romilly, all Bills were defeated.

Despite their small size and relatively docile nature, they can prove a danger to humans.

Despite the forced nature of confessions, retractions at trial were not considered a danger to the process, due to the obvious threat of continued torture during a recess of the trial.

Despite the " huge potential upside ," Lebanon and the region also face a danger, he said.

Laelianus represented a strong danger to Postumus because of the two legions he commanded ( Primigenia in Mainz and VIII Augusta in Strasbourg ); Despite this, his rebellion lasted only about two months before he was executed, reputedly by his own soldiers, or by Postumus ' troops after a siege of Laelianus ' capital.

Despite his cowardice, and tendency to run from any kind of danger or fight, Rimmer is the member of the crew most willing to kill, preferably in the safest and most cowardly way possible, although, due to a mixture of cowardice, and the fact that for much of the series he cannot physically harm anyone, he seldom manages to.

Despite its coastal location presenting a danger however, large numbers of children and young mothers from Dundee were evacuated there during the period of the Phoney War.

Despite this, however, he was often viewed as a positive example of eunuch participation in politics for his personal loyalty to Emperor Xuanzong, which withstood despite its putting himself in personal danger later, during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong's son Emperor Suzong ( when Emperor Xuanzong was Taishang Huang ( retired emperor )) as it drew jealousy from fellow eunuch Li Fuguo.

Despite this he doesn't hesitate to put himself in danger when he has to, especially when Karen is involved.

Despite his anti-democratic leanings and his allegiance to the Action Française ( he was a member of their youth organization, the Camelots du Roi ), from which he finally departed in 1932, he was able to see the danger in Fascism and Nazism ( which he described as " disgusting monstrousness ") before World War II broke out in Europe.

Despite relatively lackluster performance ( Jane's describes it as having " an indifferent charge to weight ratio ", " unsophisticated aerodynamic shape ", " erratic fragmentation ") compared to more modern high explosive rounds, it continues to be used by many countries, in particular in training exercises because of its low cost, high availability and smaller danger area than more modern designs.

Despite his many commissions, however, Stuart was habitually neglectful of finances and was in danger of being sent to debtors ' prison.

Despite already being the target of an intensive Gestapo search, she exposed herself to the added danger of helping the Jews.

Despite these good offerings, the danger of death or sickness from mercury poisoning was always present.

Despite Arnold's assurances the two oarsmen sensed something was wrong ; and believed they'd be in danger.

Despite this, he is often the first to sense an enemy or danger, and the first to react.

Despite her captain's best efforts Foote was unable to effectively rejoin the fight and was in some danger of colliding with other friendly ships.

Despite the fact that the baby's human heritage could lead to danger, Delenn was able to carry the baby to term.