Sentence examples for provocative condition from inspiring English sources

Its leader, Manuel Sureshott" Marulanda, this week grudgingly accepted an invitation from Congress to join in an informal debate, alongside other rebel leaders, but only on the somewhat provocative condition that he should be allowed to attend in military fatigues.

A model was photographed wearing a dark suit jacket, above-the-knee skirt, a low-cut blouse, dark hose, and high heels (provocative condition) or wearing a dark suit jacket, below-the-knee skirt, high-cut blouse, neutral hose, and moderate heels (non-provocative condition).

Yet Prime Minister Ariel Sharon was right to call for an early vote rather than accept the far right's provocative conditions for reinforcing his minority government, which would have severely strained relations with Washington.

The relatively low β-cell proliferation rate under basal conditions and significantly higher replication rate under provocative conditions indicates that β-cell mass is tightly regulated, yet there is substantial potential for expansion of existing β cells.

The provocation proved provocative.

But the gendai-geki, less picturesque, contain some of Kurosawa's most inventive filmmaking, and some of his most provocative reflections on the human condition in the last, violent century.

His claims are provocative and warrant consideration.

A high-powered laser in the Czech Republic has now provided provocative evidence that the hellish conditions produced when an asteroid or comet slams into Earth could have created some key building blocks of life on Earth.

This outcome is considered objectifying because the models' bodies were inspected more when wearing provocative dress, and because in that condition they were perceived as having less of the qualities normally attributed to humans.

"The provocative outcome is that harsh climate conditions happen to be associated with upheavals in society, like the Black Death".

Helnwein is considered quite provocative as he paints about the human condition depicting wounded children, among others.