Sentence examples for few provokes from inspiring English sources

Pointing out that Britain was in 1999 the worlds sixth-biggest producer of hydrocarbons (bigger than Iraq, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates and Nigeria, to name a few) provokes doubtful looks from colleagues and incredulous enquiries from fact-checkers.The obscurity of Britain's oil business is difficult to explain.

Plenty of movies divide opinion, but few provoke punch-ups.

Turkish security forces perpetrated thousands of extra-judicial executions of Kurdish activists in the 1990s – along with village clearances and torture on a massive scale – but few provoked the anger of ordinary Kurds more than the killing of the man who had achieved notoriety by standing up to the linguistic proscriptions of the state.

Few places provoke baby-boomer rhapsody like this Indonesian island.

Few animals provoke such strong sentiments as white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus).

OF ALL the cuts to public services, few have provoked such loud protests as proposals to close libraries.

Ebola and similar haemorrhagic fevers have arisen several times in the past few decades, provoking global worries while having only local consequences.

But few accessories provoked as much corridor commentary as Ms. Hutchison's purse; several of those "purse boys" left her Senate office to go on to good law schools in Texas, several former staff members said.

The pressure to re-evaluate biotech comes as prices of some staples like rice and wheat have doubled in the last few months, provoking violent protests in several countries including Cameroon, Egypt, Haiti and Thailand.

As the recent controversy over paying for social care has demonstrated, few issues provoke as much anger as the suggestion that elderly homeowners should be required to sell up and move to somewhere smaller and cheaper.

While some foreign institutions like New York University already offer joint programs in Singapore, few have provoked the heated criticism that Yale has regarding its decision to be involved in a country where not only is freedom of assembly and association restricted, but homosexual activity is banned.