Sentence examples for provocative techniques from inspiring English sources

The memo predicted confrontations between supporters and opponents and said that "a range of provocative techniques" would frame the session.

In an interview with a Web site run by the Leadership Institute, which recruits and trains conservative leaders and helped Mr. O'Keefe and Mr. Basel start their campus newspapers, they espoused a mix of traditional investigation — "Follow the money trail" — and more provocative techniques, like recording professors' lectures and printing the transcripts in the newspaper.

Recording was carried out for about 20 min with 3-min hyperventilation and intermittent photic stimulation as provocative techniques.

Researchers for Human Rights Watch attribute much of the frustration in Ngaba to the smothering security and "provocative policing techniques".

"These findings suggest that the increase in government spending on security has contributed to provocative policing techniques such as monastery blockades and the mass detentions of monks that have repeatedly contributed to local discontent and unrest," Human Rights Watch said.

The diagnostic evaluation of patients with presumed discogenic low back pain is controversial; recent studies have brought the specificity of the traditional technique, provocative lumbar discography, into question.

We believe that in addition to triggering beats, it is most likely that the susceptible ventricle harbours electrical 'faults' which may be identified by processing of electrocardiographic signals, functional imaging techniques, pharmacological provocative tests and evaluation for genetic predisposition (Haïssaguerre, 2008, 2009).

His avant-garde technique and provocative subject matter drew criticism that frequently dogged his career, though it also made him a beacon of hope for a new generation of artists.

The provocation proved provocative.

In this era of "gotcha" journalism and high-tech presentation, it's remarkable how moving and provocative the film's simple technique of cross-cutting casual conversation with newsreel footage remains.

Stanley provides Sullivan with other examples of times she used this "start with a provocative idea and then slowly destroy it" technique.