Sentence examples for provocative requests from inspiring English sources
By now the group were well acquainted and had learned both how to tease one another and to drive Anna round the bend with endless deliberately provocative requests for breakfast with properly fried eggs and feigned complaints about never being able to sit at the front of the bus.
Supporters of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, known as "red shirts," delivered a provocative petition to King Bhumibol's aides on Aug. 17 requesting a pardon for Mr. Thaksin.
Five women who worked for Vito J. Lopez, the assemblyman at the center of a broadening sexual harassment scandal, described in interviews an atmosphere of sexual pressure and crude language in his office, with frequent unwanted advances by him and others, requests for provocative dress, personal questions about their boyfriends and fears of reprisals if they complained.
This was a remarkably similar message to Liam Burns, president, National Union of Students, who has been consistent in his complete rejection of student consumerism, but also set out some provocative yet not unreasonable requests for what students should be entitled to in the new era.
What was most provocative about Wilson's request is not that he asked to see the Caucasus women's image but, rather, when he did.
But if the flight attendant flipped the ring-pull immediately before handing it over, as is customary (out of courtesy more than anything else), then her request seems provocative.
The provocation proved provocative.
Cohen met with Castro at the BBC's Broadcasting House headquarters in central London at the beginning of last week to discuss the ambassador's request for a public apology over Clarkson's "provocative behaviour" and "offensive remarks".
criticized the phrase "war on police" in the title of the hearing, suggesting it was provocative and disingenuous to talk about a "war" when law enforcement agencies often request investigations themselves and cooperate with civil rights probes.
Requests to appear on chat shows have come alongside pressure to apologise for his provocative views on homosexuality, which were revealed in an interview with the Mail on Sunday earlier this month.
