(1) no amount of protestation to the contrary made any difference(2) no amount of protestation made any difference(3) The two remain in touch, but friends say the close rapport they once enjoyed has been destroyed, despite their public protestations to the contrary.(4) Towards the end of his career he became increasingly convinced that many of the protestations of innocence made at the gallows were genuine.(5) I ask her about the events of December 13, and her protestations of innocence ever since.(6) And the loud protestations of the party leaders to the contrary just do not hold water.(7) Democracy and human rights are, despite their protestations to the contrary, in practice a long way down the agenda here.(8) Instead, we must listen to protestations of innocence and some nonsense suggesting that his sample had been sabotaged, and they know who did it.(9) The stronger the pull of integration, the louder the protestations against it.(10) No reinterpretation of the evidence and no protestations of innocence can alter those facts.(11) The police weren't moved by his protestations of innocence, however.(12) If he succeeds, the 33-year - old will probably retire despite his protestations to the contrary.(13) Despite our protestations and grumblings, most Jakartans despair in silence without ever making their grievances heard.(14) A territorial division, of course, is exactly what the guerrillas want, despite all protestations to the contrary.(15) All his protestations of innocence collapse in the face of the bare honest facts.(16) More protestations of innocence followed and shortly afterwards, creepiness slunk in.