Despite pronouncements at the highest levels of government on the importance of free competition, Armenia is next to last in the effectiveness of its anti-monopoly policy according to the 2010 results of the World Economic Forum Global Competitiveness Report.

Despite several differences in definitions, their importance becomes apparent as different methods of analysis when applied to acid – base reactions for gaseous or liquid species, or when acid or base character may be somewhat less apparent.

Despite the fundamental importance and frequent necessity of statistical reasoning, there may nonetheless have been a tendency among biologists to distrust or deprecate results which are not qualitatively apparent.

Despite their ultimate importance, the German navy declined to take up the cause of another experiment, the submarine, until 1904.

Despite the importance of public libraries, they are routinely having their budgets cut by state legislature.

Despite being omitted or just mentioned briefly in most history books, the 1, 400 year-long Buddhist period has a foundational importance in the history of the Maldives.

Despite its recognised importance, by the second half of the 19th century nearly all of its clauses had been repealed in their original form.

Despite his importance to the myths and imaginative literature of ancient Greece, the religious cult of Prometheus during the Archaic and Classical periods seems to have been limited.

Despite the importance of the office of prime minister, the constitution does not mention the office by name.

Despite its antiquity and importance, the Spanish Galgo has only recently been acknowledged by the cynological associations.

Despite the importance of the House of Gruyères its beginnings remain quite mysterious.

Despite his notoriety, and considering the importance of his reign, Commodus ' years in power are not well chronicled.

Despite the split, Naples grew in importance, attracting Pisan and Genoese merchants, Tuscan bankers, and with them some of the most championed Renaissance artists of the time, such as Boccaccio, Petrarch and Giotto.

Despite his importance for the period, Dexippus has been declared a " poor " source by the modern historian David S. Potter.

Despite attempts to draw new investment to the city after the hurricane, Galveston never fully returned to its previous levels of national importance or prosperity.

Despite its importance as a geological site, the crater is not protected as a national monument, a status that would require federal ownership.

Despite the absence of a continuous navigable waterway, the Angara and its tributary the Ilim were of considerable importance for Russian colonization of Siberia since ca.

Despite the basic importance of the foreign language requirement, a completely dialogueless film such as Le Bal ( 1983 ) was still able to get nominated in the Foreign Language Film category.

Despite this, with the increase in the size and importance of the reredos, most altars were built against the wall or barely separated from it.

Despite his political reforms and his passion for trying to increase the importance of Savoy in Europe, Victor Amadeus left a considerable cultural legacy in the city of his birth.

Despite painting 10, 000 works rated of ' national importance ' by the British Museum he had only £ 12 cash in his possession ( having never opened a bank account ), and owed £ 2 million to various creditors.

Despite the importance of his books many questions remain regarding his life, hampering efforts to construct a biography with any certainty.

Despite the Borough's high population density, it contains some open spaces of Metropolitan importance including Brockwell Park and Brockwell Lido, Streatham Common, half of Clapham Common, and West Norwood Cemetery.

Despite his lack of an extensive formal education, Brock appreciated its importance.

Despite finishing fifth in Benítez's first season, Liverpool won the 2004 – 05 UEFA Champions League, beating A. C. Milan 3 – 2 in a penalty shootout after the match ended with a score of 3 – 3.

Despite substantial uncertainties, especially for the period prior to 1600 when data are scarce, the warmest period of the last 2, 000 years prior to the 20th century very likely occurred between 950 and 1100, but temperatures were probably between 0. 1 ° C and 0. 2 ° C below the 1961 to 1990 mean and significantly below the level shown by instrumental data after 1980.

Despite the positive aspects, ultimately Zawinski returned to programming in C " since it's still the only way to ship portable programs.

Despite these concerns, DVDs for reality shows have sold briskly ; Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, The Amazing Race, Project Runway, and America's Next Top Model have all ranked in the top DVDs sold on Amazon. com, and in the mid-2000s, DVDs of The Simple Life outranked scripted shows like The O. C.

" Despite this excellent reputation, D. W. T. C. Vessey has shown that William was certainly not an impartial observer, especially when dealing with the events of the 1170s and 1180s.

Despite popular opinion, TOS writer and story editor, Dorothy C. Fontana, insists that pon farr is not the only time that Vulcans feel sexual desire or engage in sexual activity: " Vulcans mate normally any time they want to.

Despite the introduction of the Norwegian cyclone model just after World War I, the United States did not formally analyze fronts on surface analyses until late 1942, when the WBAN Analysis Center opened in downtown Washington, D. C ..

Despite the interest of a certain segment of the population for a type of game that is realistic and that C & S has been an example of, sales of C & S4 were not sufficient to ensure the continuity of the game and stopped producing.

Despite the lack of a cell wall, many taxonomists have classified Mycoplasma and relatives in the phylum Firmicutes, consisting of low G + C Gram-positive bacteria such as Clostridium, Lactobacillus, and Streptococcus based on 16S rRNA gene analysis.

Despite these steps, Getty remained a supporter of the federal Conservatives ( and not the Reform Party, to which many provincial P. C. s were defecting ), whose unpopularity rubbed off on him.

Despite this, Plantinga does accept that some philosophers before Gettier have advanced a justified true belief account of knowledge, specifically C. I.

Despite his history of political and legal controversies, Barry remains a figure of enormous popularity and influence on the local political scene of Washington D. C.

Despite the hostile crowd, Toronto defeated B. C.

Despite being described by supporters of the deal as the best deal possible, Elliott Feldman an international and economic law specialist from the firm Baker & Hostetler in Washington, D. C. and a former director of the Canadian – American Business Council criticized the deal as " one-sided " and a " bad deal for Canada ".

Despite its conceptual simplicity, Q is a full-featured functional programming language with a modern syntax, currying, dynamic typing using an object-oriented type system, exception handling, POSIX multithreading, a comprehensive standard library, and an interface to the C programming language.

Despite having little acidity, the fruit has high levels of Vitamin C. The juice is used by all, especially those who are sick.

Despite continuing popularity as of 2008, it has recently been losing ground to the C ++- based ROOT package.

Despite the introduction of the Norwegian cyclone model just after World War I, the United States did not formally analyze fronts on surface analyses until late 1942, when the WBAN Analysis Center opened in downtown Washington, D. C ..

Despite its smooth curves, the original Volkswagen Beetle has a C < sub > d </ sub > of 0. 48, which is similar to many trucks and SUVs.

Despite air temperatures being lower than those of in Dalmatia, the Adriatic sea is warmer, reaching up to 26 ° C in August, coldest in March, ( 9-11 ° C ), while the freezing even in small, shallow bays is very rare.

Despite its potential dangers, C. perfringens is used as the leavening agent in salt rising bread.