Sentence examples for expected to provoke from inspiring English sources

Ministers are expected to provoke and push.

The rule book is expected to provoke fierce debate.

The hearings had been expected to provoke an epic confrontation between opponents of the war and its front-line leaders.

The new UK law is expected to provoke similar prosecutions, high-profile convictions, costly fines and lawsuits.

Under normal circumstances, Erdoğan's march to authoritarianism might be expected to provoke criticism or even economic sanctions.

Arcadia is likely to be repaid in full which is expected to provoke angry debate at the creditors' meeting.

In normal times, when an active four-star general implies in public that the Army is under such strain that it might flounder if an unexpected war broke out, or might require a draft to muster adequate troop levels, he could expect to provoke concern and comment from, say, the President of the United States.

He has declared a state of emergency ahead of the grand jury's report, which officials said would likely come this month and that many expect to provoke another wave of protests.

The elimination of taxes on corporate dividends, as President Bush is expected to propose today, could provoke sweeping changes in the way companies raise money and Americans invest.

In the acute exposure study, no attempts were undertaken to investigate differences in protein profiles, because the exposure period of 1 h was expected to be too short to provoke substantial differences at the protein level.

Gatland has warned Farrell that he will have to avoid that sort of retaliation in Australia, where he can expect to be provoked by the opposition.