Despite gaining initially low audience ratings, by the third series, One Foot in the Grave was making the Top 20 ratings, with some episodes seen by more than 16 million viewers.

Despite gaining a significant though minroty share of the vote in various constituencies, the COP failed to capture a single seat.

Despite barely missing the playoffs and receiving the least chance of gaining the top draft pick with only one ball in the lottery, the Magic won the first pick in the 1993 NBA Draft Lottery.

It stated, in addition, that " Despite their tolerance toward minority religious groups traditional to the country — including Catholics, Armenian Apostolic Christians, Jews, and Muslims — citizens remain very apprehensive about Protestants and other nontraditional religions, which they see as taking advantage of the populace's economic hardship by gaining membership through handing out economic assistance to converts.

Despite 18 being the legal age of adulthood, most do not immediately take on the roles of adult, such as moving out of home or gaining full-time employment, instead studying or working as an apprentice.

Despite the trouble taken in gaining living specimens, Krefft recorded his observations with an apology for eating one of them.

Despite gaining considerable power during the mid twentieth-century, the governor is still much weaker than those of other states.

Despite his poor health, and his doctor's warnings about strain, Vanier travelled across Canada, gaining the affection of Canadians.

Despite this late association with the winning side, Greater Romania was largely dismantled, losing territory to Bulgaria and the Soviet Union, but gaining Northern Transylvania from Hungary.

Despite gaining votes on the second ballot, Brison was eliminated by a mere three votes and threw his support to Jim Prentice.

Despite gaining the latter's support, his expansion plans were at first rebuffed, although he succeeded in having the annual grant increased to £ 4, 000.

Despite gaining the advantage towards the end of the day, the British commander called off the attack so that the division's casualties, close to 3, 500, were suffered in vain.

Despite being made illegal in Britain in 1835, dogfighting has been gaining ground in some communities in the UK.

Despite fighting injuries, Kipketer continued to compete through the 2003 season gaining a silver medal at the Indoor World Championships at the National Indoor Arena, Birmingham, England but only managing fourth place at the World Championships later that year.

Despite gaining Danish citizenship, Kipketer resides in Monaco. A 1999 article by Associated Press documents that his choice of residence was made for tax reasons.

Despite these roadblocks, Barry put together a team which improved offensively throughout the year, gaining popularity as the season progressed.

Despite gaining market share thru NetScreen, Juniper experienced difficulties penetrating the Enterprise routing segment-partially due to well-entrenched positions of Cisco Systems and partially due to the time it took Juniper to assemble a consistent product lineup.

Despite the defeat of the House of Freedoms, UDC improved its electoral performance gaining 6. 8 % of the vote.

Despite an off-year, Terry still finished fourth in the MVP voting, perhaps gaining votes for managing the team to the championship, the Giants ' first since 1922, the year before Terry's MLB debut.

Despite gaining considerable support, the People's Olympiad was never held, as a result of the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.

Despite a belief that they could win 15 % of the party vote in the 1996 election, the Conservatives fared badly, gaining only 0. 07 % of the vote New Zealand wide.

Despite not playing for most of his last season with Palace, Aki holds the club record for gaining the most caps for his country whilst at Palace.

Despite the nature and intensity of its work and the fact that it sees itself as advocating a new type of communism inspired by but still separate from the old, the party has remained small throughout its history, staying relatively stable at an estimated few thousand active members, and neither gaining nor losing significant numbers along the way.

Despite the support of Kamenev and Zinoviev, Stalin's allies were gaining more and more power, and the opposition often had to meet in secret.

Despite the presence of more than 9, 000 UN forces ( UNOCI ) in Côte d ' Ivoire since 2004, ethnic conflict continues to spread into neighboring states who can no longer send their migrant workers to work in Ivorian cocoa plantations.

Despite his ill health, Haley began compiling notes for possible use as a basis for either a biographical film based on his life, or a published autobiography ( accounts differ ), and there were plans for him to record an album in Memphis, Tennessee, when the brain tumor began affecting his behavior and he went back to his home in Harlingen, Texas, where he died early in the morning of February 9, 1981.

Despite the controversy however, EastEnders pulled in rating highs of 9 – 10 million throughout the duration of the storyline.

Despite having " lost " its Soviet periphery, Russia has 9 time zones, stretching slightly over half the world's longitude.

Despite the terror and unprecedented propaganda, the last free General Elections of 5 March 1933, while resulting in 43. 9 % failed to bring the majority for the NSDAP that Hitler had hoped for.

Despite having several respectable seasons with Tarkenton at quarterback, including a 7 – 7 finish in 1967 and 9 – 5 in 1970, the Giants traded him back to the Vikings after a 4 – 10 finish in 1971.

Despite having Jake Peavy start the game and bringing in Trevor Hoffman in the bottom of the 13th inning to try to hold an 8 – 6 lead, the Padres ' season ended when the Rockies rallied to win 9 – 8.

Despite outgaining the Titans in total offensive yards in the first half, 294 – 89, the Rams held merely a 9 – 0 halftime lead on three field goals.

Despite this promise, and against protest and revolts from the nobility, Wang Mang claimed that the divine Mandate of Heaven called for the end of the Han Dynasty and the beginning of his own: the Xin Dynasty ( 9 – 23 CE ).

Despite this, it was given a rating of 9. 0 out of 10 and an Editor's Choice award.

From late 1944 until early 1945, the Japanese launched over 9, 300 of these fire balloons, of which 300 were found or observed in the U. S. Despite the high hopes of their designers, the balloons were ineffective as weapons: causing only six deaths ( from one single incident ) and a small amount of damage.

Despite struggling on Friday nights at 9 PM in its brief first season, NBC renewed the series because of its impressive 18-49 demographics.

Despite the heavy industrial component, services account for 74. 9 % of GDP, while agriculture accounts for only 1 % of GDP.

Despite his absence, the Pistons rallied from 15 down in the third quarter to win Game 4 90 – 89, on a field goal by Tayshaun Prince with just 8. 9 seconds to play, taking a 3 – 1 series lead.

Despite these safeguards, the system was accidentally activated at 9: 33 AM EST on February 20, 1971.

Despite these drastic measures, control of the streets was beyond the capacity of the city in the period between June 9 and Bloody Saturday.

Despite the best attentions of French and German doctors, including Adolf Hitler's personal physician Karl Brandt, Ernst vom Rath died on 9 November.

Despite major senior citizen growth, the median age in Monroe has changed from 52. 5 in 1990, 58. 9 in 2000 to 53. 2 in 2010, meaning that more growth has been from single family homes in those 10 years, than with senior citizen developments.

Despite this Haughey moved against O ' Malley and in February 1985, O ' Malley was charged with " conduct un-becoming ".. At a Party Meeting, even though O ' Malley did not have the Party whip, he was expelled from the Fianna Fáil organisation by 73 votes to 9 in roll-call vote.

Despite the lack of support from Karzai and the ambassador, the company received another $ 3. 9 million funded by the Pentagon to create a media team for anti-drug programs.

Despite the decline, 1. 9 billion cards were sent in the U. S. in 2005 alone.

Despite the age difference between the two players, Navratilova won 9 of the 18 career singles matches with Graf and 5 of the 9 Grand Slam singles matches with her.

Despite recording a swing of 6. 9 per cent against the sitting Labor member Daniel Curtin, Wake was again unsuccessful.