Sentence examples for provoke a revolt from inspiring English sources

Conservative MPs have warned the government that any attack on the BBC's editorial independence would provoke a revolt on the backbenches.

Thus a few examples of naked excess – like BG Group's plan to give its incoming chief executive a £25m package – provoke a revolt.

However, his despotic methods provoked a revolt of the Greek Sicilians, and in 276 (or early 275) he returned to Italy.

To persuade them otherwise would require real arrests and purges within the Kremlin's inner circle, something Mr Putin has so far resisted for fear of provoking a revolt.

The ruling came 17 hours before the start of term, and provoked a revolt by parents and children; all but two of the voucher children showed up to their private schools anyway.

The demands imposed by the Allies provoked a revolt by Mustafa Kemal, the hero of Gallipoli, who pushed the Greeks and Italians out of Anatolia, deposed the sultan and abolished the caliphate.

His aim to gain control of the Moroccan ports giving access to the Iberian Peninsula provoked a revolt in 1264 66 by the Mudéjares of Andalusia and Murcia, abetted by the king of Granada.

Yet very few even tentative solutions for how to improve the performance of the public services were on offer at the conference.A debate on the role of private finance in health care provoked a revolt demanding a moratorium on all such deals until an independent review has been conducted.

Cameron, who nearly provoked a revolt by ministers earlier in the week by appearing to suggest opponents of Britain's EU membership might have to resign before the referendum campaign, is facing an intense internal battle over the chancellor's planned welfare cuts.

Page Six reported on Friday that Lewandowski's hiring nearly provoked a revolt and that he's especially unpopular with female reporters and producers. .

In the meantime, Mundhir's arrest provoked a revolt led by his four sons, especially the eldest, Nu'man, a man described by John of Ephesus as even more capable and warlike than his father.