Sentence examples for failed to provoke a from inspiring English sources

Her performance failed to provoke a complaint from either of two sometimes "old school" managers, Steve Bruce and Ian Holloway.

Sadly, says Polman, the move failed to provoke a necessary debate about the realities of humanitarian assistance.

He has also tested the West's resolve by repeatedly firing SCUD missiles into civilian-populated areas, a war crime, which likewise has failed to provoke a more muscular response from the West.

In the end both sides had failed to provoke a fight on their terms.

In the gloom of this sandbagged eyrie, the mention of Independence Day failed to provoke a spark of emotion from one of its occupants.

In 29%% of our patients, vaccination failed to provoke a cellular or humoral response to the immune alert signal FrC, suggestive of persistent immunodeficiency since vaccine delivery was not compromised at any time.

Extracellular SodA derived from various GAS clinical isolates and reference strains failed to provoke an efficient immune response (McMillan et al., 2004); however, secretion of SodA from serotype M12 GAS strain 12714 into the extracellular milieu protects against the extracellular ROS produced by innate immune cells (Fig. 2) (Gerlach, Reichardt and Vettermann 1998).

A slow-moving flood with a death toll of about 1,500 people fails to provoke a similar reaction.

A victory for leave – a 10% chance, according to the bookmakers, as the polls closed – couldn't fail to provoke a strong market reaction.

But the threat of shortage rarely fails to provoke a reflexive reaction and the mini-crisis prompted policy-makers to ponder how we can recycle more of the metals we use.

Here too, there is a dual treatment of rape: Attacks on Western tourists draw attention, "rapes of lower-caste women fail to provoke an outcry".