In spite of the very difficult batting conditions, however, Hobbs and Sutcliffe took their partnership to 172 before Hobbs was out for exactly 100.

The Battles Nepalese troops, having crossed the Himalayas captured Chhochyang and Kuti in June 1788 and Sikarjong on 3 August 1788, in spite of many difficult logistic limitations.

" It is difficult historically to attribute that law to Gauss, who in spite of his well-known precocity had probably not made this discovery before he was two years old.

In spite of disruptions caused by war, it won a crucial contract to print textbooks for the Central Provinces in 1915 and this helped to stabilize its fortunes in this difficult phase.

As in Vietnam, numerous Hmong in Laos also genuinely tried to avoid getting involved in the conflict in spite of the extremely difficult material conditions under which they lived during wartime.

In spite of a financial respite, the winter of 1857 was a difficult one for Whistler.

In spite of the fact that Britain was in the midst of fighting several other countries, the ensuing war proved difficult for the Dutch to cope with and the Republic was eventually forced to cede some territory to the British.

Reliability of high-power diode laser pump bars ( used to pump solid-state lasers ) remains a difficult problem in a variety of applications, in spite of these proprietary advances.

In spite of this, the group always remained in solidarity that they were all good friends, " cared for each other a lot " and supported each other through difficult times in the group.

The condition may also make sexual intercourse painful and / or difficult, though many men report satisfactory intercourse in spite of the disorder.

In spite of her determination, Hughes noted that West sometimes appeared disoriented and forgetful and found it difficult to follow his directions.

In spite of so much tradition, the team has suffered through very difficult times recently and was relegated to the Brazilian Série B.

The saga of her parents ' long and difficult struggle to be together in spite of the norms of society would color and inform Alexandra Kollontai's own views of relationships, sex, and marriage.

The late search of war children for their biological fathers was mostly difficult and ( in spite of long and sophisticated search ) often in vain.

In spite of all the difficult progress made, Loblaw would still have occasion to make strategic missteps in coming years, as it continued to innovate and attempt to anticipate the demands of the marketplace in a highly retail sector.

As in the early novels, political diplomacy and difficult ethical choices play an important role, as well as the constant fight to keep the space rescue service operating on a tight budget and in spite of warring factions and interests.

In spite of her drama courses, Farmer found it difficult to overcome shyness when in front of an audience.

The Birkie course is quite hilly, and is recognized as one of the more difficult cross country ski marathon courses in the world, in spite of the fact that there are several World Loppet events in Europe that are much longer.

With other elements this was once thought to be extremely difficult in spite of plenty of evidence to the contrary.

In spite of difficult statewide budgetary conditions throughout his chancellorship, Monteith presided over a strong period of growth and advancement at NC State.

His marriage had become increasingly difficult in spite of his success ( and Dundy's: she had published her first novel in 1958 ).

Urged by his Circassian mother, the sultan sought advice and counsel from Europe and endeavored to act on it, but advice not motivated by a conflict of interest was difficult to obtain, and in spite of the unquestionable desire of the young ruler to do the best for the country, wild extravagance both in action and expenditure resulted, leaving the sultan with depleted exchequer and the confidence of his people impaired.

In spite of heavy machine gun and shell fire in the early stages of the attack, Lieutenant-Colonel Campbell successfully accomplished this difficult operation, captured at least 600 prisoners and led his Battalion to its objective, having to cross an unswept portion of the enemy minefield in doing so.

During his tenure as mayor, Garzón was popular amongst the people of Bogotá as reflected in polls, in spite of confronting such difficult issues as the use of public space, the teething problems faced by the TransMilenio mass-transport system, and how to deal with ex-combatants from Colombia's armed conflict who had been settled in Bogotá as part of a central government rehabilitation program ( eventually, Garzón and Uribe jointly decided to change some aspects of the program, after a bomb exploded near one of the shelters for former irregular fighters ).

While the party set up a new youth league, which came to be called Moderate Youth League or The Young Swedes ( currently the largest youth league in Sweden in terms of membership ), the core of the old one ( in spite of some districts, such as Young Swedes-Gothenburg joining the new one ) set up its own party-the National League of Sweden-which fought elections as an openly pro-Nazi party and temporarily gained parliamentary representation in shape of three rightist MPs.

In spite of parliamentary elections, non-partisan figures from the pre-revolutionary period known as the " Old Turks " still dominated the Ottoman cabinet, known as the Sublime Porte.

In spite of the PS support, he failed to retake his parliamentary seat at the 2007 legislative election.

In spite of the defects in this system, the figures on total population during the late 1930's and again in the early 1950's seem to have represented actual conditions in most districts with approximate fidelity.

In spite of unfavourable political conditions and losing contact with technical development in non-communist countries, Škoda retained a good reputation until the 1960s, producing models such as the Škoda 440 Spartak, 445 Octavia, Felicia and Škoda 1000 MB.

Among them are the Calgary Grey Cup Committee, whose volunteers have hosted pancake breakfasts on the day of the Canadian Football League championship game for over three decades, sometimes in spite of poor weather conditions for the annual November contest.

It also features embedded modal statements for changing compiler and executable behaviour ( e. g. causing the compiler to include memory structures matching database schema structures and elements, or to continue executing in spite of error conditions, which can be trapped later on ).

In spite of the poor soil conditions and the setbacks of fire damage over the years, mature stands of Acacia confusa, Lophostemon confertus, Pinus massoniana, Pinus elliottii and Eucalyptus species now cover most of the area.

In the months after Tomas Bata's death, and in spite of the terrible economic conditions in Czechoslovakia, Jan Bata rose to the occasion and rehired all of the workers who had been let go.

In spite of such hostile conditions, Gray Jays have a high rate of nest success and the young typically leave the nest in late April, well before most boreal birds have even returned from the south, let alone begun nesting themselves.

# Less severely, the false self protects the true self, which remains unactualised-for Winnicott a clear example of a clinical condition organised for the positive goal of preservating the individual in spite of abnormal environmental conditions of the environment.

OSK's share of cargo shipped on this route grew, and its business performance improved in spite of unfavourable business conditions.

In spite of the conditions, islanders tried to rescue the passengers and crew.

In spite of this, the province remains still politically unstable, and a large part of its population lives in precarious conditions.

In spite of the extreme conditions within which they had to refurbish and reconstruct these lines, the work was completed within schedule and with a limited budget.

The standard Safe Practices for Motor Vehicle Operations, ANSI / ASSE Z15. 1, defines defensive driving as " driving to save lives, time, and money, in spite of the conditions around you and the actions of others.

In spite of these conditions, the economy was booming.

But in spite of such examples and of the positive conditions produced by the economic upturn and the high degree of technical innovation in the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC, Hellenistic religious architecture is mostly represented by a multitude of small temples in antis and prostyle temples, as well as tiny shrines ( naiskoi ).

On the first day, French infantry and some colonial Senegalese troops progressed to the top of the ridge in spite of intense German artillery counterfire and poor weather conditions.

But, in spite of generally favourable climatic conditions, vegetation is not uniform.

He led the French army over 10 days by forced marches and in spite of winter blizzard conditions reached Astorga on 1 January with 80, 000 men.

Yet in spite of these underprivileged conditions she managed to progress to a standard where she could claim medals at both the Summer Olympics and IAAF World Championships in Athletics.

In spite of the wet and windy conditions, she ran a personal best of 29: 59. 20 minutes – breaking Paula Radcliffe's UK all-comers ’ record, becoming the fifth woman to run sub-30 minutes, and earning qualification for the Championships in the process.

Moreover conditions were unpleasant on the footplate in a cross-wind, this in spite of the later provision of a small deflector plate forward of the chimney.