notwithstanding

notwithstanding
01. We continued our picnic, [notwithstanding] the light rain.
02. Her parents forbade her from going to the party, but she went [notwithstanding].
03. [Notwithstanding] your concerns about the project, I believe we should proceed immediately.
04. Back trouble [notwithstanding], Henderson had his best game of the season.
05. [Notwithstanding] all the excellent points that have been raised today, I still disagree with the idea on principle.
06. A great number of nations expressed opposition to Bush's military action against Iraq, but he proceeded [notwithstanding].
07. [Notwithstanding] his dislike of crowds, he seemed to enjoy himself immensely at the concert.
08. [Notwithstanding] his difficult childhood, he himself became a wonderful father and husband.
09. Injuries to their best players [notwithstanding], the team easily won the match by a score of 2-0.
10. It's vast territory [notwithstanding], Australia remains a country of comparably little population.
11. The captain continued playing, [notwithstanding] the obvious pain of his knee injury.
12. [Notwithstanding] the windy weather, we held the birthday party outside.
13. Henry David Thoreau once remarked, "In their reaction to Nature men appear to me for the most part, [notwithstanding] their arts, lower than the animals."
14. Thucydides once noted that the bravest are surely those who have the clearest vision of what is before them, glory and danger alike, and yet [notwithstanding], go out to meet it.
15. Emma Goldman once observed that all claims of education [notwithstanding], the pupil will accept only that which his mind craves.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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