Sentence examples for provocation under from inspiring English sources

Killing a wife for infidelity was "classic" provocation under the law prior to 2009.

He added that the nuclear accord with Iran had led to "a continued pattern of provocation" under Obama.

Dmitry Tymchuk, a defence analyst with close links to the Kiev government, said Moscow was "openly continuing its provocation under the guise of 'humanitarian aid for the residents of Donbass".

That cannot be considered provocation under the law... Force means physical force or the threat of physical force...."....

The foreign ministry rejected Ashton's announcement as one-sided and called the diplomats' actions a "provocation under the alleged pretext of humanitarian aid".

Although they are potentially dangerous to humans and known to respond vigorously to any provocation, under normal circumstances sicklefin lemon sharks are cautious and tend to retreat if approached.

In the sketch the character portraying McEnroe, dressed in full tennis gear, leaps into furious tirades at his parents at the slightest provocation – an under-boiled egg being one example.

"Provocations under cover of darkness only escalate tensions in a situation that calls for mediation and dialogue," he said.

In a sometimes-misquoted statement, President George W. Bush stated in February 2003 (referring to UN uncertainty towards Iraqi provocations under the Saddam Hussein regime) that "free nations will not allow the United Nations to fade into history as an ineffective, irrelevant debating society".

After insisting for years that NATO membership for Lithuania and its neighbors would be both an insult and a military provocation, Russia under Mr. Putin's rule has grudgingly elected not to elevate the inevitable into an international incident.

However, North Korea's state KCNA news agency said such negotiations were being stymied by Lee's propaganda, which it called "a premeditated and deliberate politically-motivated provocation perpetrated under the backstage wire-pulling of the U.S. and the South Korean authorities".