Despite entering the LM forty minutes ahead of schedule, Young and Duke completed preparations only ten minutes early due to numerous delays in the process.

Despite these preparations, very little went according to plan.

Despite heavy preparations for defence against an amphibious assault, the Allied invasion took place well to the west in Normandy on D-Day.

Despite preparations in 1996, in some parts of town flood water reached 4 feet above the 100 year base flood elevation.

Despite an air of defeatism among the leadership, the professional French troops and New French militia defenders focused preparations for the British attacks on the Beauport Shore.

Despite ample warning and thorough defensive preparations, the battle soon degenerated into a bitter, close-quarters infantry affair, with artillery restricted by the need to avoid friendly troops and tanks unable to reach the scene.

Despite these preparations, only 35 out of a total of 42 texts were published in La Vogue between May 13 and June 21 due to an obscure dispute between those associated with the project.

Despite Kurdish solidarity, U. S. preparations to oust Iraqi President Saddam Hussein brought welcome reinforcements to the conflict.

Despite this, the assaults did not disrupt Royalist preparations and by the evening they were able to start bombarding the town.

Despite these changes Haig insisted on preparations for a breakthrough and inadequate preparation led to the traumatic failures on 9 and 12 October.

Despite having received word earlier that the king would be arriving, John Ruthven had made no preparations, thus giving the impression of having been taken by surprise.

Despite the many initial preparations for Grace's tour, it fell through, leaving Lillywhite's to go solo.

Despite strong opposition, the Shaman's will prevailed, and the Kiks. ádi made preparations for war.

Despite the fact that plans and preparations for guerrilla warfare had not been made, a universal uprising was under way.

Despite the secrecy of the preparations, German intelligence obtained information on the Polish networks, and German security agencies received orders to suppress the Polish networks.

Despite all testing and other preparations, one uncertain factor remains ; the weather.

Despite joining the Hearts squad for their pre-season preparations Skácel's involvement was severely limited due to injury and doubts over whether his contract would be extended.

Despite his womanizing tendencies Joey is an innocent and caring character with good intentions.

Despite the best intentions, their guarded editorial and business skills forced the company to close down soon after cancelling Pasolini ’ s project, Accattone ( 1961 ).

Despite the successes enjoyed by his troops, Germanicus ' German campaign was in reaction to the mutinous intentions of his troops, and lacked real strategic value.

Despite the parties ' ongoing relations, each side was strongly suspicious of the other's intentions.

Despite the good intentions and hardwork of its creator ( as well as the keen interest and support from both amateur and professional 2000 AD contributors ), the fanzine's full potential sadly never was realised.

" Despite Whedon's intentions of not making Buffy about overcoming issues, he said Willow's exploration of her sexuality " turned out to be one of the most important things we've done on the show ".

Despite the best intentions of landowners such as the Earls of Leicester and Portland to develop the land on the grand scale of neighbouring Bloomsbury, Marylebone and Mayfair, Soho never became a fashionable area for the rich.

Despite repeated stated intentions by the world's leaders to end hunger and famine, famine remains a chronic threat in much of Africa and Asia.

” Despite the settlers ’ intentions, towns failed to develop for two reasons: the generally low level of economic activity in the area and the competition from plantation settlements already providing the kind of marketing and purchasing services typically offered by a town.

Despite the framers ' intentions in the beginning of the republic, ballot measures and their corresponding referendums have been widely used at the state and sub-state level.

Despite this, Donald usually misinterprets Huey, Dewey and Louie's good intentions for being bad, either by the influence of the unknown bad guy or having nightmares and daydreams about them being destructive.

Despite their intentions, the Lows never returned to live in Savannah during their marriage, though they did visit the United States almost every year.

Despite his best intentions, Tejada seems to have been disdained by the Bolivian military leaders from the very beginning.

Despite her best intentions, Eliza's stubbornness that she's always right leads her strong desire to help to become destructive, she has also been seen to develop brief periods of megalomania on more than one occasion.

Despite the intentions, it took place without success.

Despite Wang Jing's urging for him to dismiss the idea, Cao went to meet Empress Dowager Guo and tell her about his intentions.

Despite being forewarned of U. S. intentions by a tactical mistake, the Mexicans found themselves outgunned by the invading army at Contreras.

Despite the good intentions, efforts, and limited success of the Bureau, medical treatment of the freedmen was severely deficient.

Despite its being realistic and recounting facts, the documentary form itself must still communicate through a sign system ( the aural-visual signs of TV ) that simultaneously distorts the intentions of producers and evokes contradictory feelings in the audience.

Despite her trust in the goodness of people and persistent good intentions, Dharma is not naive.

Despite the intentions behind the 1834 Act, relief of the poor remained the responsibility of local taxpayers, and there was thus a powerful economic incentive to use loopholes such as sickness in the family to continue with outdoor relief ; the weekly cost per person was about half that of providing workhouse accommodation.

Despite his opposition to the treaty and his mistrust of the governments intentions and methods, the dwindling of the buffalo herds ultimately prevented his people from continuing to rely on this traditional food source and pushed the Cree to the point of starvation in less than a decade.

Despite these interpretations, Deodato has said in interviews that he had no intentions in Cannibal Holocaust but to make a film about cannibals.

Despite these intentions, the book has been categorized as " homosexual propaganda " by the tabloid press in the UK, which has led to much of its influence and even notoriety.