Despite this danger, however, we are informed on every hand that ideas, not machines, are our finest tools ; ;

Despite accusations that midwives were " incompetent and ignorant ", some argued that poorly trained surgeons were far more of a danger to pregnant women.

Despite persistent pleas to reinforce this sector, Beauregard could not convince his colleagues of the danger.

Despite his father's concern that he was in danger of losing his already weak eyesight, Eliade read passionately.

Despite this conclusion, the German airport authorities ( who were legally responsible for the state of the airport's runways, but generally unaware of the danger of slush on runways for aircraft like the Ambassador ) took legal action against Captain Thain, as the one pilot who had survived the crash.

Speaking on this measure in the House of Lords, Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough said " I trust your Lordships will pause before you assent to an experiment pregnant with danger to the security of property …" Despite a brilliant speech by Romilly, all Bills were defeated.

Despite their small size and relatively docile nature, they can prove a danger to humans.

Despite the forced nature of confessions, retractions at trial were not considered a danger to the process, due to the obvious threat of continued torture during a recess of the trial.

Despite the " huge potential upside ," Lebanon and the region also face a danger, he said.

Laelianus represented a strong danger to Postumus because of the two legions he commanded ( Primigenia in Mainz and VIII Augusta in Strasbourg ); Despite this, his rebellion lasted only about two months before he was executed, reputedly by his own soldiers, or by Postumus ' troops after a siege of Laelianus ' capital.

Despite his cowardice, and tendency to run from any kind of danger or fight, Rimmer is the member of the crew most willing to kill, preferably in the safest and most cowardly way possible, although, due to a mixture of cowardice, and the fact that for much of the series he cannot physically harm anyone, he seldom manages to.

Despite its coastal location presenting a danger however, large numbers of children and young mothers from Dundee were evacuated there during the period of the Phoney War.

Despite this, however, he was often viewed as a positive example of eunuch participation in politics for his personal loyalty to Emperor Xuanzong, which withstood despite its putting himself in personal danger later, during the reign of Emperor Xuanzong's son Emperor Suzong ( when Emperor Xuanzong was Taishang Huang ( retired emperor )) as it drew jealousy from fellow eunuch Li Fuguo.

Despite this he doesn't hesitate to put himself in danger when he has to, especially when Karen is involved.

Despite his anti-democratic leanings and his allegiance to the Action Française ( he was a member of their youth organization, the Camelots du Roi ), from which he finally departed in 1932, he was able to see the danger in Fascism and Nazism ( which he described as " disgusting monstrousness ") before World War II broke out in Europe.

Despite relatively lackluster performance ( Jane's describes it as having " an indifferent charge to weight ratio ", " unsophisticated aerodynamic shape ", " erratic fragmentation ") compared to more modern high explosive rounds, it continues to be used by many countries, in particular in training exercises because of its low cost, high availability and smaller danger area than more modern designs.

Despite his many commissions, however, Stuart was habitually neglectful of finances and was in danger of being sent to debtors ' prison.

Despite frequent danger the boys " never lose their nerve ...

Despite already being the target of an intensive Gestapo search, she exposed herself to the added danger of helping the Jews.

Despite these good offerings, the danger of death or sickness from mercury poisoning was always present.

Despite Arnold's assurances the two oarsmen sensed something was wrong ; and believed they'd be in danger.

Despite this, he is often the first to sense an enemy or danger, and the first to react.

Despite her captain's best efforts Foote was unable to effectively rejoin the fight and was in some danger of colliding with other friendly ships.

Despite the fact that the baby's human heritage could lead to danger, Delenn was able to carry the baby to term.

Despite smoking in some of his films, Eastwood is a lifelong non-smoker, has been conscious of his health and fitness since he was a teenager, and as a Vegan practices healthy eating and daily Transcendental Meditation. While promoting his film, Hereafter, Eastwood spoke about his views on religion and meditation by saying " I was always respectful of people who were deeply religious because I always felt that if they gave themselves to it, then it had to be important to them.

Despite being heavily associated with firearms in his Westerns and cop movies, Eastwood has publicly endorsed gun control since at least 1973.

Despite Orkney ’ s protestations, Cadogan insisted on compliance and, reluctantly, Orkney gave the word for his troops to fall back to their original positions on the edge of the plateau of Jandrenouille.

Despite vocal opposition from Contre-Admiral Armand Blanquet, who insisted that the fleet would be best able to respond in open water, the rest of the captains agreed that anchoring in a line of battle inside the bay presented the strongest tactic for confronting Nelson.

Despite this, some commentators have insisted that an agrarian nostalgia permeates his later work.

Despite the insistence of the US Office of Education that there was no money to fund the project, Howe persisted, and insisted the project be classified as a research project.

Despite Alexandra's pleas for privacy, Queen Victoria insisted on announcing a period of court mourning, which led to unsympathetic elements of the press to describe the birth as " a wretched abortion " and the funeral arrangements as " sickening mummery ".

Despite the studio's suggestion that Davis play the role as a young woman, the 38-year-old insisted on aging her appearance to fit the part.

Despite this, coach Dick Irvin insisted that general manager Tommy Gorman sign him, being impressed with his play in camp.

Despite being promised creative freedom, Virgin instead insisted on some sweeping changes to the band's style for their first single in order to make it more commercial.

Despite her parents ' strong opposition, Wood insisted on pursuing a career in the arts.

Despite its evocation of republican virtues, this was a commission by the royal government, which David insisted on painting in Rome.

Despite the exhausted state of the troops, Hitler insisted that 14th Army should continue to attack.

Despite courting controversy by accusing manager Rafael Benítez of ' treating him like a slave ', he insisted that he had no ill feelings towards the club or anyone associated with it and only wanted to leave after failing to make Poland's World Cup squad, but still stayed on for another year at the manager's request.

Despite being aware of the fact that he could not divulge the content of the conversation to her, without losing his life, Kaikeyi's mother insisted on knowing the cause of the King's mirth.

Despite the criticism and the team's poor finances the team insisted that bankruptcy was the right move.

Despite objections that it promoted the wrong image of Scotland to foreign visitors and embarrassed local travellers, the airport management insisted the logo was " fun and visually stimulating ".

Despite the recommendation of his superiors at Army Headquarters in Lagos that he wait for the bridge, which had been blown up by the retreating Biafran forces, to be rebuilt, he insisted on a riverine crossing.

Despite doctors ' orders, Bruno insisted on flying home to Pittsburgh that night.

Despite opposition from the majority, Xu insisted and carried out his plan by pitching encampments starting from Jianye.

Despite Paige wanting to pull out of the show, her mother insisted that she should continue until her contract had finished, and Paige's sister, Marion Billings, admitted, " That was very hard for Elaine, having to go on stage night after night knowing she wanted to be with Mum ".

Despite the extensive rewrite of Pogue's script, Cronenberg insisted during Writers Guild arbitrations that he and Pogue share screenplay credit, since he felt that his version could not have come to pass without Pogue's script to serve as a foundation.

Despite warnings from his advisor Ju Shou that the move could sow seeds for future trouble, Yuan Shao insisted on sending his first-born Yuan Tan away to " govern " all of Qing Province ( present day eastern Shandong ), even though the Yuan forces controlled only the city of Pingyuan in the province.

Despite some financial problems, Darnell insisted on having had a joyful childhood and loving parents.

Despite his relatively good bowling form, Pakistani coach Waqar Younis insisted that the bowling attack must not become reliant on Akhtar, as he is 35 years of age and fitness troubles continue to affect him.

Despite the feud, Button insisted he had his team's backing, and was optimistic for the 2005 season.