And yet despite this, hardly any of us have ever heard space.

Yet despite all that progress we still have a long way to go.

And yet, despite everything going really well for John, he was struggling, fighting addiction and a gripping depression.

And yet, despite all of that Darwinian evolution and natural selection, they've been constrained to lie on a line.

Despite advances in ICT, the vast majority of people were as yet unable to benefit from the digital revolution.

Yet, the international community, despite the consistent efforts it has made, has always encountered enormous difficulties in tackling this problem.

Commodities had not yet been given an appropriate role in the negotiations, despite the July Framework provision to do so.

Despite regular statements to the contrary, the parties have yet to commit in practice to the implementation of the humanitarian ceasefire.

Yet, despite all the advances in medical technology, the diagnosis of brain disorders in one in six children still remained so limited.

Despite increased UNDP activity, approximately 40 per cent of ex combatants in the region have not yet received any direct reintegration support.

They bid you to hasten the evil before the good, yet examples have passed away before them. Your Lord is Forgiving to people despite their evildoing yet your Lord is Stern in retribution.

They bid you to hasten the evil before the good, yet examples have passed away before them. Your Lord is Forgiving to people despite their evildoing yet your Lord is Stern in retribution.

Despite this call being reiterated by you on various occasions, it has not yet been properly responded to by the Greek Cypriot leadership.

In addition, despite reforms in recent years, the non oil sectors of the economy are not yet a viable alternative source of growth.

Despite these developments, children and adolescents have yet to receive the attention they need in AIDS specific and related initiatives and funding mechanisms.

For many years now, Aruba has had no problems with educational participation, despite the fact that it does not yet have compulsory education.

Despite this call being reiterated by you on various occasions, it has not yet been properly responded to by the Greek Cypriot leadership.

Yet despite the existence of legislation and regulations on equal rights for men and women there are still some discriminatory provisions and practices.

Yet, despite the major differences, the attacks in Paris and in New York share the same essence. Both cities incarnate a similar universal dream.

Yet, despite this seemingly neat set of rules, the question of the effect of armed conflict on treaties continues to be ridden with pitfalls.

In fact, despite its problems, China s economy remains in good condition at least so far. Indeed, it is not yet near to hitting the rocks.

The Committee regretted that, despite its repeated requests, Papua New Guinea had not yet fulfilled its obligations under article 9, paragraph 1, of the Convention.

Despite the serious security conditions under which the United Nations Office continued to operate in Afghanistan, no declaration to that effect had yet been made.

Noting that despite the positive trends and advances in Africa, the conditions required for sustained peace and development have yet to be consolidated throughout the continent,

Despite a number of positive trends and advances in Africa, the conditions required for sustained peace and development have yet to be consolidated throughout the continent.

Despite our continuing efforts to build up our security forces, those forces cannot as yet assume full responsibility for maintaining our national security and defending our borders.

But, despite well intentioned statements and narrow gestures, China s new leadership has yet to establish a concrete, bold reform plan capable of resolving the economy s deep rooted problems.

Worse yet, despite their asseverations of partnership and commitment to consultation and coherence, they decide unilaterally on measures that adversely affect the lives of millions in the developing countries.

Despite the renewed commitment under NEPAD by African leaders to conflict prevention and democratic governance, the international community has as yet failed to provide sufficient resources to achieve these objectives.

And yet, despite everything, India s economy did record roughly 9 growth for several years, and even now is growing by nearly 6 annually, behind only China and Indonesia among major economies.

Despite efforts by the three most affected Governments, backed by the United Nations, legislation on the universal iodization of salt has not yet been passed in any of the three countries.

Despite assistance from donors, the Sierra Leone armed forces and police are still experiencing serious equipment shortfalls and full deployment of the police in the provinces has yet to be attained.

Saddled with debt, reparations and oil capacity constraints, and with the security situation highly uncertain, Iraq has yet to achieve self sustaining economic growth despite the reduction in Paris Club debt.

Yet one year later, and despite the actions of those provocateurs, a new democratic government is in charge. The parliament building is not yet rebuilt, but the government is trying hard to rebuild Moldova as a democratic country with legitimate aspirations to join the European Union.

Yet, history is unfair, and the US, despite its greater responsibility for today s global crisis, may emerge in better shape than most countries from the morass. In better shape, but not alone.

And yet, despite these positive indicators, Spain s long term economic recovery remains far from certain. One critical test of its trajectory will be how investment activity develops over the next few quarters.

In the process, inequality has risen further. And yet, despite the urgent need for major policy adaptations at the national level, and much better regional and global coordination, progress has been disappointing.

Yet, despite the disparate nature of those two groups, both overwhelmingly assert that the two biggest issues facing the world today are the crisis in Iraq and continuing poverty in our world.

Despite earlier optimism and pledges by both parties to cooperate with UNMIS on this issue, those consultations with a joint committee of the two parties have not yet concluded in an agreement.

But Haiti, despite successive peacekeeping and peacebuilding missions and more than 1.5 billion in international aid, is firmly on the agenda of the Security Council, not yet out of the crisis phase.

Despite repeated requests by MINUSTAH for a full investigation, the national police has not yet undertaken an investigation of the first incident, and continued to give conflicting versions of the second one.

Yet despite the promises made in the Millennium Declaration, the Dakar Framework for Action, the Monterrey Consensus, the 10 year review of the Copenhagen Declaration and Programme for Action and repeated yet again in the just completed 2005 World Summit, poverty and inequality continue to plague the world's people.

Poverty is borne equally by men and women, yet despite this, there are several examples of gender inequality which deepen differences between men and women in relative poverty levels in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The concept had become intimately associated with women's human rights advocacy and yet, despite frequent use of the term, there was a lack of agreement and clarity as to what the standard required.

There are also quasi fiscal costs involved. Fortunately, despite the low returns on foreign assets, this is not yet a major problem for China, owing to the low costs of the corresponding PBOC liabilities.