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.

Despite the bitterness of the defeat for Lincoln, his articulation of the issues gave him a national political reputation.

" Despite Gropius's protestations that as a war veteran and a patriot his work had no subversive political intent, the Berlin Bauhaus was pressured to close in April 1933.

Despite its popularity with young consumers, it is critically discussed in European media, NGOs, political parties, and market surveillance regarding its nutritional values, choking hazards, and traces of unwanted chemical substances.

Despite the progress in certain sectors, many social and political injustices continued.

Despite being a Methodist, he made reference to the Buddha in his diary, and encouraged the establishment of a Buddhist political party under Master Taixu.

Despite the political upheaval, the Egyptian population remained mainly Christian.

Despite his political experience, this was a remarkable choice.

Despite legally mandated universal suffrage for males, political barriers were sometimes erected to prevent fair access to elections ( See Civil Rights movement ).

Despite the revivalists ' various political views and different opinions regarding the nature of authentic folk music, they all shared an understanding of Americanism that grounded the nation's identity in cultural pluralism and political democracy " By the end of the 1930s they along with the musicians and others had turned American folk music into a social movement.

Despite the motivation from coloring political maps of countries, the theorem is not of particular interest to mapmakers.

Despite the political situation, the economy of Albania grew at an estimated 5 % in 2007.

Despite the thousands of political cartoons and hundreds of illustrative works attributed to him, a measurable amount of Tenniel ’ s fame comes specifically from his work as the illustrator of Alice.

Despite his lack of political experience, Claudius proved to be an able administrator and a great builder of public works.

Despite efforts and considerations of expanding his political domain, Kemp never held a fundraiser outside of his suburban Western New York district until well into his eighth term in Congress.

Despite a platform covering the full range of political subjects, Kemp's primary campaign weapon was a fiscal policy based on tax cuts.

Despite political corruption and regional instability, Kyrgyzstan is ranked 44th on the Ease of doing Business Index.

Despite his outspokenness, Prince Konoe was destined to achieve the very heights of political life in Japan.

Despite this, unions were formed and began to acquire political power, eventually resulting in a body of labour law that not only legalized organizing efforts, but codified the relationship between employers and those employees organized into unions.

Despite its relative political weakness in this period, Borno's court and mosques under the patronage of a line of scholarly kings earned fame as centers of Islamic culture and learning.

Despite 1983 constitutional amendments, which appeared to proscribe a political role for the military, the Panama Defense Forces ( PDF ), as they were then known, continued to dominate Panamanian political life behind a facade of civilian government.

Despite Macdonald's claims that he was innocent, evidence came to light showing receipts of money from Allan to Macdonald and some of his political colleagues.

Despite being at the apex of executive government in the country, the office is not mentioned in the Constitution of Australia specifically and exists through an unwritten political convention.