Despite the drop-off of work in 1926, 1927 was another busy year, the Court sitting continuously from 15 June to 16 December, handing down 4 orders, 4 judgments and 1 advisory opinion.

Despite the refusal of William Pember Reeves and Thomas Mackenzie to accept his leadership, Seddon managed to secure the backing of his Liberal Party colleagues as interim leader, with an understanding being reached that a full vote would occur when Parliament resumed sitting.

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

Despite being supposedly advisory its power surpassed that of the Politburo Standing Committee and was nicknamed the sitting committee.

Despite the persuasions of others, who wished him to take to one of the larger vessels, Gilbert stayed put and was observed sitting in the stern of his little frigate, reading a book.

Despite this, the basic layout of the corporate office had remained largely unchanged, with employees sitting behind rows of traditional desks in a large open room, devoid of privacy.

'" Despite sitting on the Highways and Works Committee, which was responsible for street cleaning and refuse collection, Porter did not mention litter again until late 1976 following a visit to Leningrad and Moscow.

Despite her perceived frontrunner status, backbench MLA Harry Bloy was the only sitting member of BC Liberal caucus to endorse her candidacy for leader.

Despite her similar protests upon her return, the Graysons find various inventive reasons to avoid renaming it, or for removing the 4 meter tall heroic statue sitting atop an 8 meter column depicting her martyred self outside the main entrance to Grayson's Parliament building –— much to her embarrassment.

Despite his own opposition to the Iraq War and his participation in rallies and marches, his defeat ( and that of other sitting Labour councillors ) reflected the widespread local opposition to the war.

Despite the fact that there was a perfectly good television studio sitting empty, they weren't allowed to use it, so the windows of the foyer ( studio C ) were blacked out and that became the studio-with all its limitations.

Despite the massive player turnover from last season the Sea Eagles surprisingly find themselves sitting in second place on the NRL Ladder, only behind another rebuilding team in the Melbourne Storm.

Despite this, Smith, as sitting governor, was the lead delegate to the 1952 Democratic National Convention.

Despite a tradition that sitting MPs are not challenged if they seek re-selection, Kyd was defeated by newcomer Judith Collins, with allegations being made that controversial party president Michelle Boag played a part in the decision.

Despite being " wanderers " early in the season, the powerful Chicagos under player-manager Cap Anson, came home already sitting at 18-6.

Despite their diesel engines, the trains are quite comfortable ; even for passengers sitting directly above the motors, the ride is quiet and smooth.

Despite the lack of local connections, she was selected as the Labour candidate for North East Derbyshire following the decision of the sitting Labour MP Harry Barnes not to stand in the 2005 general election.

Despite Nolan's status as a sitting MP, the party polled badly, finishing ninth overall with only 1. 2 % of the vote.

Despite changes to the prison system, the court was still sitting, continuing until 1954, with a little activity since then.

Despite still sitting in 8th in the league, his contract was mutually terminated following 6 straight league defeats in January 2007.

Despite up to eight rivals on non factory HRC Honda motorcycles Doohan's margin of superiority over them was such that in many races Doohan would build a comfortable lead and then ride well within his limits to cruise to victory.

Despite running a vigorous campaign against the nation's business elite, Bryan suffered the worst loss in his three presidential campaigns, and Taft won by a comfortable margin.

Despite his seemingly comfortable life, however, Lecter is consumed by a savage obsession with avenging Mischa's death.

Despite being shy and reserved, unlike the showman Botha, Smuts won a comfortable victory in the Wonderboom constituency, near Pretoria.

Despite the confused political arena the Conservatives were re-elected with a comfortable majority.

Despite going platinum and including the # 1 hit song " The Flame ", Petersson blamed Lap of Luxury for pigeonholing them into a sound that they were not comfortable with, which led to Busted and the end of their relationship with Epic.

Despite accusations by the Conservatives that the Liberals bought " the foreign vote " with beer, whiskey, and tobacco, he won a comfortable majority.

Despite all this, Gall was able to secure a comfortable existence on the basis of his speciality.

Despite his influence, Kennan was never really comfortable in government.

Despite some early poor form-which included a 4-0 Scottish Cup humbling at the hands of Stenhousemuir-Sturrock eventually guided the team to a comfortable promotion in 1996 – 97.

Despite their previous form, the Mariners ran out comfortable winners with a full-time scoreline of 5 – 1.

Despite a comfortable Australian victory, Warne dislocated his right shoulder while diving to stop a ball.

Despite being with, essentially, the same man, Mrs. Munson seems to feel comfortable with Dr. Korchek.

Despite kick starting their World Cup Qualification campaign with a comfortable 4 – 0 win against Malta in Ta Qali ', Queiroz's team failed to win any of their subsequent four matches.

Despite his incredible fighting skills, courage and unmatched talent for improvisation on the battlefield, Ultra Magnus is most comfortable when carrying out orders, and is naturally uncomfortable if the mantle of leadership should ever find itself placed upon him.

Despite their comfortable victory, Real Madrid took no chances in the second leg and fielded a full-strength team, including Puskás, Di Stéfano, and Gento.

Despite his background he seems not to have been entirely comfortable with the prevailing social climate of the Raj.

Despite predictions that the wider boundaries of the GLC would hand power to the Conservatives, Fiske was returned in his own seat and Labour won a comfortable victory.

Despite the bumps and potholes on the infield, the C6 managed to provide a comfortable ride and stable video coverage of the race while moving at 60 km / h ( approx.

Despite Senna ’ s victory, Mansell proved to be faster during the race, and seemed to be on course for a comfortable victory before his pitstop on lap 71.

Despite Schumacher's victory, Hill proved to be faster during the race, and seemed to be on course for a comfortable victory before his sudden retirement.

Despite the better and more comfortable design from Samara the very low assembling quality of Aleko ( one particular car, for example, had horn switches in the steering wheel completely missing ) resulted to a low reputation of this car in the markets.

Despite his early success, Trnka did not feel comfortable with traditional animation, which in his opinion required too many intermediaries that prevented him from freely expressing his creativity.

Despite Homer's attempts to befriend him, Grimes is angered by Homer's laziness and incompetence despite leading a comfortable life.