Sentence examples for it was very provocative from inspiring English sources
"The way we went about it was very provocative and made people take notice, and we won over a lot of people to our way of thinking".
For years, she was rigorously opposed to the idea of playing live: "It was very provocative for Olaf and me, when everybody was saying, you have to play live or else you're not a band, blah blah blah.
Richard Foremen did the piece and it was very provocative and all the unions struck to shut us down.
Robert May, population biologist and president of the Royal Society, says of science fiction: "At its best it is very provocative and forethoughtful, like Asimov's books - they think of questions that have since arisen such as intelligent machines".
"It's very provocative," she agrees.
It's very provocative and it's going to stir a lot of controversy".
"It is very provocative," the major said, referring to the American actions.
"It is sensational, it is odd, and if it is true it is very provocative on Iran's part," said Alireza Nader of the RAND Corporation.
"It is very provocative, highly ideological and has no evidence base at all," said Cable of the government's trade union bill, which is due to go before the Commons for a second reading next week.
"I think it's really brave to talk about the elephant in the room," Maya Walters, a teenager with high blood pressure who appeared in one of the ads, told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. "It's very provocative and makes people uncomfortable, but it's when people are uncomfortable that change comes".
