She was forced into patriotism in spite of herself, and the glory won by Salamis was paid for by the loss of her trade and the decay of her marine.

In spite of having previously passed his exams in both biology and physics, his lack of interest in geology resulted in his failure to pass and the subsequent loss of his scholarship.

In spite of the insistence of Honorius III, Frederick II still delayed, and the Egyptian campaign failed miserably with the loss of Damietta on 8 September 1221.

They're also used for resonant transformers such as Tesla coils where they can achieve reasonably low loss in spite of the high leakage inductance.

The bold player who was lucky and adventurous, and could push on his couch with a considerable stake to sept-et-le-va, quinze-et-le-va, trente-et-le-va, etc., must in a wonderful manner have multiplied his couch, or first stake ; but this was seldom done ; and the loss of the players, by the very nature of the game, invariably exceeded that of the bank ; in fact, this game was altogether in favour of the bank ; and yet it is evident that, in spite of this obvious conviction, the game must have been one of the most tempting and fascinating that was ever invented.

A ghazal can thus be understood as a poetic expression of both the pain of loss or separation of the lover and the beauty of love in spite of that pain.

Because a kingdom of Sardinia had existed since the 14th century, the exchange allowed Victor Amadeus to retain the title of king in spite of the loss of Sicily.

In spite of significant loss of Chinese sedentary population, the Chinese portion of the population in the state is estimated to be around 1, 500, 000.

A ghazal may be understood as a poetic expression of both the pain of loss or separation and the beauty of love in spite of that pain.

I firmly believe that they will undergo any hardship sooner than acknowledge a right in the British Parliament in that particular, and will persevere in their non-importation and non-exportation experiments, in spite of every inconvenience that they must consequently be exposed to, and the total loss of their trade.

At twenty-one Moltke resolved to enter the Prussian service, in spite of the loss of seniority.

In spite of the significant loss of power that the Mughal dynasty had suffered in the preceding centuries, their name still carried great prestige across northern India.

In spite of the loss, the new Charlotte club-which played at American Legion Memorial Stadium-did far better in ticket sales than in New York.

In spite of Cork's loss Wexford ’ s Nick O ' Donnell and Bobby Rackard, in an unparalleled display of sportsmanship in any game, raised Ring onto their shoulders and carried him off the field.

In spite of Cork's loss Wexford ’ s Nick O ' Donnell and Bobby Rackard, in an unparalleled display of sportsmanship in any game, raised Christy Ring onto their shoulders and carried him off the field.

In spite of her loss, Diana rebelled against the Gods of Olympus and left Paradise Island determined to live her life in her alter ego.

Drawn in Group G, and in spite of a 1 – 0 home win against Chelsea, the club eventually finished third, being " demoted " to the UEFA Cup, where it would be ousted in the round of 16 by defeated FC Steaua Bucureşti ( 0 – 0 away draw, 0 – 3 home loss ).

In spite of the loss Carey was still presented with a seventh All-Star award.

In spite of the mission's success, the Wing experienced a major loss.

In spite of a 3 – 0 loss, Primus retained his starting place for the remainder of the season.

In spite of the lopsided presidential race, Reagan's Republican Party suffered a net loss of one seat to the Democrats, although it retained control of the Senate.

At the time Rod Eddington stated that BA's Gatwick operation alone had incurred a loss of £ 40mn before allocating overheads, in spite of having £ 4. 5bn of assets at the airport, and that it was destroying shareholder value.

In spite of suffering from short-term memory loss and the effects of anti-convulsive medications, he continued to write songs and play with fellow Marin County musicians.

In spite of that loss, Cañas jumped 121 positions to reach the 22nd place in the ATP ranking as of April 30, 2007, the highest jump so far in the year.

In spite of the tangible benefits of the program, it met with stiff opposition from the regional socialist party and from the Austrian central bank, which opposed the local currency as an infringement on its powers over the currency.

In spite of the violence, the strike's demands were moderate, typical of a socialist strike of the time.

When it appeared that, in spite of heavy pressure, non-communist parties might receive in excess of 40 percent of the vote in the August 1947 Hungarian elections, an all-out repression was instituted to suppress independent political forces.

In spite of the agreement, all the parties of the trial: prosecution, defendant and the victim as an auxiliary prosecutor ( in Poland, the victim may declare that he wants to act as an " auxiliary prosecutor " and consequently gains the rights similar to official prosecutor )-have the right to appeal.

In spite of the strong representations of the Conversio Bagoariorum et Carantanorum, written in 871 to influence the pope, though not avowing this purpose, Rome declared emphatically for Methodius, and sent a bishop, Paul of Ancons, to reinstate him and punish his enemies, after which both parties were commanded to appear in Rome with the legate.

When it appeared that, in spite of heavy pressure, non-communist parties might receive in excess of 40 % of the vote in the August 1947 Hungarian elections, repressions were instituted to liquidate any independent political forces.

This compromise, which might have ended the struggle, was rejected by both parties in spite of Nahmanides ' authority.

Later, in the 2006 assembly election, in spite of media speculations of a hung assembly, the AIADMK, contesting with only the support of MDMK and a few other smaller parties, won only 61 seats and was pushed out of power by the DMK-led alliance comprising the Congress, the PMK and the Left Front.

The issue of the declaration without the signatures of the representatives of Britain and France proclaimed the disunion of the alliance ; within which, to use Lord Stewart's words, there existed a triple understanding which bound the parties to carry forward their own views in spite of any difference of opinion between them and the two great constitutional governments.

In spite of an upsurge of leftist terror, radical leftist parties participated in the election, and, together with the nonparty left, they gained a plurality of seats, followed by a loose coalition of Kadets with Poles and other nationalities in the political center.

In spite of the scriptural disclaimer against the employment of inscrutable terms, nearly all parties perceived that the Manifesto was a subtly Anomoean document.

In spite of public complaints – and both the 2006 platforms of the Texas Republican and Democratic parties opposing the plan – Governor Rick Perry continued to support the TTC.

In spite of McKinley's victory over William Jennings Bryan, both the Democratic and Populist parties gained seats from McKinley's Republican Party.

In the aftermath of the voters ' rejection of the Lisbon Treaty in its first referendum in June 2008 in spite of support for the treaty by the major political parties, Ross highlighted the " disconnect " between the ruling caste of the nation's politicians and the democratic will of the public.

Those O'Dwyers had that Irish clannishness that made them stick together in spite of politics and everything.

In spite of the hundred things he had on his mind, Winston went and put his arm around her waist.

Mr. Blatz had been at least sober enough to remember to telephone and he turned out to be the greatest boon that had come into Mr. Crombie's life since he moved to Highfield, in spite of the fact that he didn't work very fast or very long at a time, and he didn't like to work at all unless Mr. Crombie hung around and talked to him.

Nevertheless, in spite of Rutherford's estimation that gold had a central charge of about 100 ( but was element Z = 79 on the periodic table ), a month after Rutherford's paper appeared, Antonius van den Broek first formally suggested that the central charge and number of electrons in an atom was exactly equal to its place in the periodic table ( also known as element number, atomic number, and symbolized Z ).

In spite of this, it had been agreed with the Serbian Government that Prince Mirko of Montenegro, who was married to Natalija Konstantinovic, the granddaughter of Princess Anka Obrenovic, an aunt of King Milan, would be proclaimed Crown Prince of Serbia in the event that the marriage of King Alexander and Queen Draga was childless .< ref name =" njeg ">

In spite of the success of the crusade, Alexios also had to repel numerous attempts on his territory by the Seljuqs in 1110 – 1117.

In 1184, in spite of his great age, he still had sufficient energy to relieve his son Dom Sancho, who was besieged in Santarém by the Moors.

In spite of several not insignificant reverses at the hands of Bulgarians, Serbians, and Ottomans, the Emperor had provided the Empire with active leadership, had cooperated with able administrators, and had come closer than any of his predecessors in re-establishing Byzantine control over the Greek peninsula.

Deirdre was freed after three weeks, with Granada stating that they had always intended for her to be released, in spite of the media interest.

In his rookie season, Earnhardt won one race at Bristol, captured four poles, had 11 Top 5 finishes, 17 Top 10 finishes, and finished 7th in the points standings, in spite of missing four races because of a broken collarbone, winning Rookie of the Year honors.

In spite of the PDP-6's limited commercial success, it introduced many features that clearly had commercial benefit.

The disc was released in the U. S. via City Hall Records on December 6, and within two weeks had climbed to # 12 on Amazon's best-seller list in spite of being priced over 25 % higher than most CDs in order to raise funds for the Doris Day Animal League.

If in spite of all his advice someone persisted in making idols, he would have them punished by the Patingatis ( Parava headsman ) by exile .... One day when he heard that idols had been worshipped in the house of a Christian, he ordered the hut to be burnt down as a warning to others.

Also, in spite of ideological differences, Fascist Italy was the first western country to recognize the Soviet Union, in 1933 Fascist Italy had signed a friendship and nonaggression treaty with the Soviet Union, and in the late 1930s both Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany supported rapproachment with the Soviet Union.

In spite of the early proof that Agricola had given of the tolerance of his own religious attitude, he was not suffered to end his days in peace.

By now Glasnevin was an area for families of distinction-in spite of a comment attributed to the Protestant Archbishop King of Dublin that " when any couple had a mind to be wicked, they would retire to Glasnevin ".

Even Helen mourns Hector, for he had always been kind to her and protected her from spite.

In spite of the loving support of the series by its fans, the program had never been a favorite of television critics or members of the more high brow society.

While hospitalized he learned that, in spite of his strength and lifelong daily regimen of swimming and exercise, he had a serious heart condition.

The other 17 letters had mostly always the same sound value, with very few exceptions, as for instance the word, which was pronounced in spite of the spelling.

Murray responded to much criticism by claiming that it was religiously motivated, coming from Christians who did not want her theories to be true: in one case she stated that her theory had received " a hostile reception from many strictly Christian sects and reviewers, but it made its way in spite of opposition.

Although all the other lights were extinguished, that light burned oil, in spite of the fact that it had been kindled first.