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Despite its recognised importance, by the second half of the 19th century nearly all of its clauses had been repealed in their original form.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 the importance of C. L. Moore, Leigh Brackett, Andre Norton, and others female authors, as well as Moore's early heroine, sword and sorcery has had a strongly masculine bias.

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 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 the team's losing record, the Warriors demonstrated that they could be a tough opponent with a healthy lineup and a strong bench.

Despite her disability she graduated from Brighton University, mothered a healthy son, and established a life as a skilled artist.

Despite the healthy fear with which the worshipers ( and even the Loa themselves ) regard him, he is also viewed as a necessary evil ; there must always be a Kalfu to balance Legba, and a force of overwhelming creativity and expression, even if that expression often takes horrifying forms.

Despite these setbacks, however, Pushmataha County grew in a healthy manner.

Despite this, the Huron on the whole were healthy ; the Jesuits wrote that the Huron effectively employed natural remedies, and were " more healthy than we.

Despite being premature, the baby is healthy but Adrian falls into a coma.

Despite the apparently healthy membership, many of the society's members are middle-aged or elderly, with relatively few younger dancers.

Despite the hardships she is put through under Matron Evelyn Harper ( Hope Emerson ), she gives birth to a healthy baby and wants to " temporarily " grant full custody to her mother.

Despite the current economic crisis and the slump in forestry, the city's economy is relatively healthy thanks to high gold prices.

Despite healthy demand for basic X. 25 services and the obvious trend for more demanding bandwidth intensive applications that required investment in more powerful switches a decision to develop BT's own hardware and network applications was made instead.

Despite the advancement of digital imaging, the market for sheet film is still healthy and thriving.

Despite mixed reviews, the show enjoyed a healthy run.

Despite the popular misconception that potatoes are fattening, baked potatoes can be used as part of a healthy diet.

Despite this diagnosis, she said he was still physically healthy and did not require medication.

Despite considerable success in continental Europe – particularly in France, the Netherlands and Germany where they played some of those countries ' most prestigious venues and enjoyed healthy record sales – the band's chart performance in the UK and US was minimal, charting one album, Cunning Stunts at US No. 124.

Despite the modernity of most Chamorros, there is still a healthy respect for them.

Despite healthy batting and bowling averages for an all-rounder at test level ( 23 and 28 respectively ) Dodemaide only made ten Test appearances.

Despite a healthy. 311 batting average and sixteen home runs with the Syracuse Chiefs, he never returned to the majors.

Despite this recommendation, only 16 % of healthy pregnant US women surveyed in 2005 had been vaccinated against the flu.

Despite the economic times, DeSoto sales were relatively healthy, pacing Dodge at around 25, 000 units in 1932.