Sentence examples for provocative proposition from inspiring English sources

In the first five (of 10) episodes, it seems a gentler and less provocative proposition than Girls, though Apatow promises me it will get gratifyingly dark and weird.

To air such a provocative proposition might have the author cast down into the dark world of the social media trolls.

This is a provocative proposition, as the justification for the often radical changes made to novels in their stage and screen versions is that they are moving from one medium to another with different demands, whereas Elliott and Power are translating from pages written for the stage.

If it is to be assumed that mass worker displacement left unchecked has the potential to cause serious societal disruption and that AI taxation by politicians is inevitable, then this is not a provocative proposition.

What Vaclav Havel was to communism, playwright Eve Ensler is to feminism -- a courageous champion of the provocative proposition that women are entitled to the same rights to the pursuit of happiness and well-being as men.

The material too often seems tame and lifeless, a series of provocative propositions about health and illness rather than a full-blooded drama.

Asked whether they would support or oppose one of Pauline Hanson's most provocative propositions – a ban on Muslim immigration – 49% of those polled in the Essential survey agreed with the ban, while 40% opposed the idea.

And the espionage interval, fable though it may be, contains some provocative propositions for contemporary versions of the Model Press Clipping Bureau companies whose business also involves collecting and selling what is, to start with, other people's information.

A draft including 15 projections was formulated in short, descriptive, provocative propositions, describing possible future states relevant to the European chemical industry for the year 2030 [37].

Third, it uncovers provocative propositions that are designed to stretch people's minds and energize everyone involved in the change process.

He's moderated his tone since opposition, but Abbott still sets up propositions in provocative and binary ways.