1 In the teeth of the longest recession since the 1930s, the company continues to perform well.

2 The new policy was adopted in the teeth of fierce criticism.

3 Permission for the development was granted in the teeth of opposition from local shopkeepers.

4 The road was built in the teeth of fierce opposition from the public.

5 I was battling my way along the promenade in the teeth of a force ten gale.

6 They crossed the bay in the teeth of a howling gale.

7 They crossed the Atlantic in the teeth of a force 10 wind.

8 The new law was passed in the teeth of strong opposition.

9 In many places it advanced in the teeth of opposition.

10 He walked right in the road in the teeth of advancing traffic and almost got hit several times.

11 In the teeth of enormous social sanctions, women are making their own sexual choices.

12 Permission for the development was granted in the teeth of opposition from a vigorous local campaign.

13 The state is in the teeth of the worst snowstorm in a decade.

14 We're steaming in the teeth of the wind.

15 We persevered even in the teeth of organized opposition.

16 A disfigurement in the teeth of humans mottled enamel has been recognized for many years.

17 We will take our own way in the teeth of all opposition.

18 The scientists found the enzyme in the teeth of immature pigs and unborn rats.

19 The sailing boat could make little progress in the teeth of the wind.

20 Walking in the teeth of the wind,[] they made slow progress.

21 The tugboat sailed in the teeth of the wind triumphantly.

22 I simply do not have the manpower to make arrests in the teeth of such concerted action.

23 Science has to cling to the available evidence even in the teeth of seeming contradiction.

24 It means blind trust, in the absence of evidence, even in the teeth of evidence.

25 For I will, if I have to - and marry you in the teeth of them all.

26 On stormy nights it had been exhilarating to fly in the teeth of the wind.

27 Above all, Mrs Merkel has stayed popular—more consistently so than any chancellor since Konrad Adenauer. And she has accomplished this in the teeth of Germany's worst recession since the war.

28 They launch the products and services that win customers in the teeth of tough competition.

29 We'd be quicker trying a zig - zag course than rowing in the teeth of this wind.

30 Quite the contrary, they need to temper and develop themselves and win new positions in the teeth of criticism and in the storm and stress of struggle.

31 They wouldn't listen and sailed in the teeth of the wind.

32 A wine that historically caused decay in the teeth of the nobles that drank it.

33 Though tired, he set off in the teeth of the storm.

34 He is determined to maintain his support for the proposal in the teeth of popular condemnation.

35 The ship could scarcely hold its course in the teeth of the wind.

36 These companies used an emergency program the Fed set up to keep a key financial market going in the teeth of the crisis — commercial paper.