The phrase "a provocative call" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a statement or action that is intended to provoke thought, discussion, or a strong reaction.
Example: "The speaker made a provocative call for change, urging the audience to reconsider their views on the issue."
Alternatives: "a challenging appeal" or "a stimulating request".
But Green said Bush's team eventually came to conclude that such a moment could be misinterpreted as a provocative call for regime change in Pyongyang.
PARIS — Leaders of the Group of 8 industrialized countries are set to issue a provocative call for stronger Internet regulation, a cause championed by the host of the meeting, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, but fiercely opposed by some Internet companies and free-speech groups.
Sure to be controversial, Wild Justice offers not just cutting-edge science, but a provocative call to rethink our relationship with and our responsibilities toward our fellow animals.
A FRANK and provocative call to arms by the chairman of the American Association of Advertising Agencies caused a stir here yesterday at the opening general session of the organization's 2002 Management Conference.
After French terrorist attack, Newt Gingrich calls for religious test of Muslims in the U.S. Newt Gingrich stood by his provocative call for a loyalty test for Muslims in the U.S. on Friday, insisting that Americans must re-examine the balance of privacy and security in the wake of recent terrorist attacks.
In the Declaration of Pillnitz (1791) Austria and Prussia issued a provocative general call to European rulers to assist the French king reestablishing himself in power.
The provocative call to arms, although not literal arms, was made by Greenaway to an audience at the headquarters of Bafta.
Shamsie made the provocative call last year, citing gender imbalances across literary prizes, reviews, World Book Night author selections, and even protagonists in award-winning novels.
Many lament the closure, but some see it as provocative call for government action from Mr. Draguet, who has been pushing for a stand-alone museum of contemporary art, either in the building of the defunct Magasins Vanderborght furniture emporium, or in a new purpose-built architectural flagship.
The military's provocative call for harsher measures against the Islamists could tilt the nation toward civil war.
His provocative call to political revolution has drawn giant crowds, which he has used to stoke further momentum, like a wildfire creating its own weather system.
