Despite the Byzantines spending vast sums on the project, " a total replacement was far beyond available resources.

Despite the political climate in which the band had lived, the vast majority ( though not all ) of the material the band released focused not upon the Northern Irish Troubles, but upon issues such as adolescence, teenage angst and heartbreak.

Despite the vast size of its coma, Halley's nucleus is relatively small: barely 15 kilometers long, 8 kilometers wide and perhaps 8 kilometers thick.

Despite its vast forests, Bolivia has only a minor timber industry.

Despite the use of petitions and public meetings that attracted vast popular support, the government thought the Union was more important than Irish public opinion.

Despite Syrian legislation that required money-changers to be licensed by the end of 2007, many money-changers in 2010 continued to operate illegally in Syria's vast black market, estimated to be as large as Syria's formal economy.

Despite the vast crime ring over which he presides, Moriarty is fiercely independent.

Despite the vast number of Green Lanterns, certain sectors of space apparently do not recognize the authority of the Corps, as alien superhero Icon claims that his status as a citizen of the interstellar civilization known as the Cooperative makes him immune to prosecution from Guardians or their agents.

Despite his vast intelligence, Giles is not what one would call technology-savvy and is, by his own admission, somewhat technophobic.

Despite Peter's pronunciations of divine protection, the vast majority of the pilgrims were slaughtered by the swords and arrows of the Turks, or were enslaved.

Despite his vast numeric superiority, Davout's mission was not easy, as the Austrians had a numerous cavalry and artillery available to support their infantry.

Despite Homotheriums vast range and the large amount of fossil remains from Eurasia, Africa and North America, complete skeletons of this cat are relatively rare.

* Despite the goal of vast accumulation of wealth, income mobility among the Ferengi seems to be quite high.

Despite, or because of, its vast scale, the project was only ever partially successful – the Carte du Ciel component was never completed, and for almost half a century the Astrographic Catalogue part was largely ignored.

Despite the fact that commercial stations ( such as Sky Sports ) have acquired the vast majority of sports television broadcasting rights in the UK, the BBC remains dominant in radio sport with BBC Radio 5 Live and its local radio stations.

Despite setbacks in the south, overall the Qianlong Emperor's military expansion nearly doubled the area of the already vast empire, and brought into the fold many non-Han-Chinese peoples — such as Uyghurs, Kazakhs, Kyrgyzs, Evenks and Mongols — who were potentially hostile.

Despite preparing vast amounts of audience research, programming proposals and an extremely comprehensive application document for the ITC, the TVS board – now minus its founder James Gatward – calculated that it needed to outbid all opposition in order to retain its licence.

Despite vast support in the media, the new constitution was defeated, 55 % to 45 %.

Despite all the success, Factory Records is losing vast amounts of money, both on The Haçienda and on recording its bands.

Despite the use of petitions and public meetings which attracted vast popular support, the government thought the Union was more important than Irish public opinion.

Despite its unprofitable swampy soil, Quadling Country is reported to be situated above vast deposits of rubies, and for this reason the Wizard sends his forces to clear the area for mining.

Despite the drain of members to the satellite churches, however, new recruits by the mother church – brought in through the vast cell network – have made up for the losses, and membership stood at 780, 000 in 2003.

Despite Russia's vast size, most of its thousands of miles of seacoast was frozen over most of the year, or access to the high seas was through straits controlled by other powers, particularly in the Baltic and Black Seas.

Despite officially favouring it, vast numbers of members opposed the establishment of an assembly, and this division caused the failure to reach the required 40 % of the electorate voting in favour of an assembly ( that itself was a quota only added to the Scotland Act by an amendment proposed by a Labour MP ).

Despite Roosevelt's continued decline and loss of over 50 pounds ( 20 kg ) of his original 220, Commander Rondon had been repeatedly slowing down the pace of the expedition in dedication to his commission's mapmaking and other geographical goals that demanded regular stops to fix the expedition's position by sun-based survey.

Despite being called Centrum, the district is lying far southeast of the geographical center.

Despite the therapeutic effectiveness and proven success of CBT, treatment availability is significantly limited by a lack of trained clinicians, poor geographical distribution of knowledgeable professionals, and expense.

Despite attempts to broaden the recruiting base beyond New England, the 1776 army remained skewed toward the Northeast both in terms of its composition and geographical focus.

Despite the existence of a fossil record, full classification and phylogeny of the sturgeon species has been difficult to determine, in part due to the high individual and ontogenic variation, including geographical clines in certain features, such as rostrum shape, number of scutes and body length.

Despite enjoying relative geographical uniformity and history East Anglia is often seen as the region of England with the weakest attachment to regional identity, at least outside of the historical kingdom of East Anglia.

Despite the geographical and cultural challenges, Inca or Tawantinsuyu, " the united four regions ", was sophisticated for its time and place.

Despite Tucumán's small size, it is necessary to distinguish two different geographical systems.

Despite the increase in the number of seats returned by geographical constituencies and the record turnout, the Democratic Party ( 民主黨 ) lost the status of being the largest political party in the Legislative Council to the pro-government Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong ( who secured 12 seats if including the two members who ran under the banner of the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions ) and pro-business Liberal Party ( who secured 10 seats ) parties, thereby becoming only the third-largest party.

Despite such geographical diversity, the people of Ngāpuhi maintain their shared history and self-identity.

Despite the geographical separation, the events in the two theatres strongly influenced one another.

Despite being small in area, it includes several diverse geographical features:

Despite the extent of Citylink's operations in Scotland, there are notable geographical regions that have little to no connections with the network, some of which include large urban areas.

Despite being a UK-based organisation, we have members in more than 60 countries and have strong links with geographical organisations in the USA, Australia and Europe.

Despite its limited geographical space, San Francisco contains a plethora of unique architecture that also serve as tourist attractions in their own right.

Despite its small geographical size, Northern Ireland prolifically produces internationally renowned writers and poets from a wide variety of disciplines.

Despite China's long history and many different geographical areas, there are essentially six rituals, generally known as the three letters and six etiquettes ( 三書六禮 ).

Despite the relatively small geographical area, there are a significant number of older buildings considered as being of architectural merit including churches, public houses and former country houses, as well as modern additions.