Sentence examples for be less provocative than from inspiring English sources
Frias's stories about hanging out with Plant (whom, along with Alice Cooper, he calls the "classiest" stars) might be less provocative than, say, his crazy night in New Orleans with Freddie Mercury or his funny encounter with the sweetly obtuse Ozzy Osbourne, but as photographs, each of these memories is equally arresting.
The result is a movie that is less provocative than puzzling.
And, though it's less provocative than Colin & Fergus's work, there are still plenty of big laughs.
This is less provocative than the notion of letting any of them into NATO, which has surely receded into the future after the Georgian war.
Karas (Crow), his company, was one of the most startling groups in a festival that was less provocative than usual this year.
He talks elegantly though inconclusively on how France's foreign policy can be at once French and European, and he expresses the doubts of an old-fashioned realist about international criminal courts and humanitarian intervention.In sum, Mr Védrine on paper is less provocative than by repute.
That a tsunami of anger is gathering today is illogical, given that what the right calls "Obamacare" is less provocative than either the Civil Rights Act of 1964 or Medicare, an epic entitlement that actually did precipitate a government takeover of a sizable chunk of American health care.
In some cases, employing civilian forces "may be less provocative and with less potential for escalation than employing active duty PLA forces," Mr. Blasko said in an e-mail.
First, deterrence is less provocative, because the deterring state need only set the stage for action.
It is less provocative and apropos for readers in America whose foreign politics have tended toward overt meddling and control rather than neutrality than for the Swiss.
Indeed, observing that legal products do not perfectly match contemporary needs might be no less provocative than observing that Detroit is long overdue to produce high-mileage cars.
