Sentence examples for provocative demonstration from inspiring English sources

In January, China's military destroyed one of its own derelict satellites with a guided missile in a provocative demonstration of ballistic prowess.

But in his speech, Pence specifically referenced the decade-old Chinese antisatellite test, saying that it constituted "a highly provocative demonstration of China's growing capability to militarize space". To the United States, any threats to its military satellites are unnerving because they provide crucial intelligence during military missions back on Earth.

Proposing we understand the work of the novelist as a series of distress signals or, more emphatically, of pings from a black box unrecovered from terra incognita, from the gap between world and map, McCarthy followed the smoke trails from Clytemnestra to Trevor Paglen in a provocative demonstration of the ricochet from content to form and the point at which the latter becomes the former.

It's going to make people's hair raise, and is something that I hope people will tune in to watch this very provocative demonstration".

This investigation presents an exciting and provocative demonstration of the complex life history of S. cerevisiae beyond its prosaic service as a scientific tool in the laboratory or an agent of fermentation.

Supporters of Egypt's ousted president Mohamed Morsi escalated their opposition to the new regime on Wednesday, holding provocative demonstrations in Cairo's political quarter in protest at the failure to include Islamists in the first cabinet of the post-Morsi era.

Would China's top leader bless a provocative military demonstration, which amounts to a thumbed nose at the visiting Pentagon chief, just a week before he visits Washington?

One of those organisations, National Action (NA), used its online activity to recruit volunteers for provocative street demonstrations, including one outside York Minister.

Drawing on a range of work from across disciplines, Money Talks offers a provocative and pathbreaking demonstration of the value of incorporating approaches from media and cultural studies into an understanding of economic issues.

But on August 18th the separatists showed they could choreograph a mass demonstration, voicing provocative slogans, without threatening life or limb.

Some researchers said many of these demonstrations were provocative, but they were more theoretical than any sort of real risk we had to worry about today.