everyone played well vs in spite of playing well, we

Some examples from the web:

• I must admit you played everyone very well... right up until this moment.
• Everyone played really, really well.
• Well, everyone played their part.
• If we take the events in the Balkans as an example, it can be said that everyone played their role to the full.
• You played well, Mr. Gold.
• I sometimes played well on appalling pianos.
• I asked him if we played well.
• He said, that's what flutes are for - to be played well.
• Boy played well on Friday night.
• - No, a little pale but he played well.
• I mean, all the South Africans played well for you guys.
• as a consequence, the two of them really played well together.
• It made it, it played well.
• Jay, Bob and I are playing for the welcome party, you played well yesterday, how about I count you in?
• Because you played well together, because you didn't hurt or throw mud at her, but now you have done both, as, clearly,
• Well, Bonnie's the one that got everyone looking our way, playing to every farm boy like she played all those stuffed shirts at the wedding she didn't invite you to.

Some examples from the web:

• In spite of the fact that work on the budget has, then, proceeded well, we see a number of problems for the future.
• We manage perfectly well, in spite of the clinic's limitations.
• In spite of our eternal hatred, we now have friendly relations with Israel.
• And in spite of these changes, we are still struggling financially.
• In spite of European integration, we still see continuing disintegration of the railways.
• Mr President, we can be glad that the Lisbon Process is working in spite of everything.
• In spite of these shortcomings, we did not vote against the Lehne report.
• In spite of the heavy traffic, we arrived on time.
• And yet, in spite of everything, we persevere.
• This leads me to believe that, in spite of the difficulties on a number of issues, we can still move forward.
• In spite of this, we decided to support the report in the final vote.
• In spite of this, we should not turn our backs on Turkey.
• Well, for one thing, in spite of a ravenous hunger, I have not tried to take your blood.
• In spite of setting these priorities, we have nonetheless succeeded in reducing our budget commitments.
• In spite of this, we see the compromise as a solution which all parties can live with.
• In spite of that, we made it a surveillance priority.
• In spite of the fact that Tom Paris has been abducted by the Kazon, we must continue on course for the Hemikek system.
• In spite of our mechanical magnificence, if it were not for this continuous stream of motor impulses, we would collapse like a bunch of broccoli.
• [Pittenger] In spite of Campbell and Buffum, we all reached Marietta in safety and spent a restless night in the Railroad Hotel.
• Finally, we must fight the disease in conjunction with the farming communities, not in spite of them.