Sentence examples for provocative attempt from inspiring English sources
Critics said it was a provocative attempt to chip away at the russophone Latvians' slice of the public pie.
Lyndal Roper's new book is a compelling and provocative attempt to restore some flesh and blood to this static icon.
"This is political art, a provocative attempt to portray the words on the facade of the Reichstag as nationalistic," he said.
"This appears to be a provocative attempt to unilaterally change the status quo in the the East China sea and thus raises tensions and increases the risk of inadvertent confrontation".
The White House spokesman, Jay Carney, described the Chinese announcement of the zone nine days ago as "a provocative attempt to unilaterally change the status quo" that increased the risk of inadvertent confrontation.
Mr. Yun's comment came a day after two long-range American B-52 bombers flew through the contested airspace, a move seen as a warning by Washington that it would defy what it considered China's provocative attempt to expand control over airspace in the region.
A similar claim was raised in 1994; such attempts are seen by some, particularly in Poland, as a highly provocative Russian attempt to create an "anti-Katyn" and "balance the historical equation".
A more coherent piece than "Imperceptible," it was also more willfully provocative, Parks's attempt to stake a claim for herself within the discourse of race and gender studies.
The micro/macro prototyping approach is demonstrated via an empirical case study of a series of provocative prototypes which attempt to build a material public around the issue of community noise at Heathrow airport.
While official U.S. policy has been to not take a position of territorial disputes, it cannot ignore a unilateral and provocative action that attempts to alter the status quo and confront the rest of the region with a fait accompli that alters the environment in China's favor.
This week's knowingly provocative cover is an attempt by the magazine, it seems, to address several bases.
