for all (something)

despite.

For all their problems, great improvements were made in the country's literacy rates and medical system.

For all the difficulties they had getting it produced, the play is a huge success.

Usage notes: used to introduce a fact that is completely different than the information that follows it

• the bigger they are, the harder they fall.
• the big picture
• the big smoke
• the big time
• the bird has flown.
• the birds and the bees
• the biter bit
• the biter is bit
• the bitter fruits
• the black sheep
• the black sheep of the family
• the blind leading the blind
• the blue blazes
• the boot is on the other foot
• the bottom drops out of the market
• the bottom falls out of the market
• the bottom fell out
• the bottom fell out of
• the bottom fell out of something
• the bottom line
• the bottom of the barrel
• the bottom of the heap
• the bottom of the hour
• the bottom of the ladder
• the boys in blue