Despite gaining 9 seats the Tories lost 8 behind them to the Liberals Democrats and one even to Labour.

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 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 significant efforts, British control of Northern European waters rendered these ambitions impractical in the short term, and the Royal Navy remained firmly in control of the Atlantic Ocean.

Despite centuries-old cultural ties to the Arab World, the Chadian Government maintained few significant ties Arab states in North Africa or Southwest Asia in the 1980s.

Despite the severity of this boundary event, there was significant variability in the rate of extinction between and within different clades.

Despite the consensus of public health professionals regarding the benefits of vaccination, among chiropractors there are significant disagreements over the subject, which has led to negative impacts on both public vaccination and mainstream acceptance of chiropractic.

Despite its small size ( roughly from its northernmost to southernmost points ), there is significant variation in mean temperature and amount of snowfall between Sussex County and New Castle County.

Despite these uncertainties, there is agreement that destruction of rainforests remains a significant environmental problem.

Despite this legal status, the ELDR party has yet to achieve significant grassroots involvement and retains much of the character of a mere confederation of national political parties.

Despite its many faults, the wheellock was a significant improvement over the matchlock in terms of both convenience and safety, since it eliminated the need to keep a smoldering match in proximity to loose gunpowder.

Despite these commonalities, there are significant variations in interpretation.

Despite the significant resources mobilized and self-sacrifice of the participants, a series of missteps by several successive unwilling or incompetent chief commanders appointed by the Polish government ultimately led to the defeat of the insurgents by the Russian army.

Despite the levity of the speech, it has garnered significant backlash.

Despite some errors in field observations, he made a significant contribution to the understanding of bird anatomy and behavior through his field notes.

Despite significant differences in chemical composition, these molecules have some common features in chemical and physical properties.

Despite some clear differences, no significant friction currently exists between tribal groups, and the concept of a Malawian nationality has begun to take hold.

Despite major signings, including Joe Jordan, Gordon McQueen, Gary Bailey, and Ray Wilkins, the team failed to achieve any significant results ; they finished in the top two in 1979 – 80 and lost to Arsenal in the 1979 FA Cup Final.

Despite a significant technological advantage, the Cetagandans are finally driven off at great cost after many years of occupation and guerrilla warfare, in large part due to the leadership of General Count Piotr Vorkosigan, Miles ' paternal grandfather.

Despite New Mexico's arid image, heavily forested mountain wildernesses cover a significant portion of the state, especially towards the north.

Despite these efforts the army is still not in a position to provide forces with the appropriate " level of training and discipline " without significant risk, according to Janes.

Despite his short time as Pope he made a significant contribution to the organization of the Catholic Church.

Despite significant research, prognosis of this disease has changed little over time.

Despite this, reruns of sports broadcasts have found a niche, and networks such as MSG Network, ESPN Classic and NFL Network currently have a significant portion of programming time devoted to reruns of live sportscasts.

Despite significant strategic advances into Federation space, they were eventually driven back to their own borders, and suffered a devastating wartime catastrophe on Remus.

Despite this low level of use, scandium offers significant benefits.

Despite some significant political differences between them, all of these administrations share similar legal structures, much of which are predicated on the judicial systems of previous Somali administrations.

Despite a number of significant differences, many Western fans do not make a distinction between shōnen manga and seinen manga.