Sentence examples for provoke a row from inspiring English sources

Stevens's pitch to the NHS itself will be similar to when he co-authored the NHS Plan: modernise how you work – embrace new models of care, many of them delivered outside hospitals – accept that the NHS can't do everything (the passages about competition may provoke a row), and, aided by the money, we will make the NHS fit for the times we are in.

An attempt by David Cameron to placate Conservative MPs by taking a tougher line on migration from European Union countries has provoked a row with his Liberal Democrat Coalition partners.

The town's mayor provoked a row with anti-Nazi groups when he planned to turn the house into luxury flats in order to "de-stigmatise" his town.

The findings surprised City analysts and provoked a row with the Nationwide building society, which earlier this week said house prices rose by a record amount last month.

What will moving lots of services out of hospitals mean for the role of hospitals, and who will have the final say if "repurposing" a hospital, as Bruce Keogh, NHS England's medical director, calls it, provokes a row?

But she showed no qualms about provoking a row in July when she rejected the application from the Met and Mr Johnson to deploy water cannon on London streets, in a snub both to Sir Bernard and to her rival for the Tory leadership.

A magazine article alleged that Keishu Tanaka had ties with the yakuza, the Japanese mafia.Shintaro Ishihara, the 80-year-old governor of Tokyo who provoked a row with China by seeking to buy disputed islands on behalf of the metropolitan government, announced that he is stepping down to set up a party to run for parliament in the next elections.

Kenneth Clarke, the justice secretary, is expected to announce a climbdown over his plan for sentence discounts of up to 50% for early guilty pleas after he provoked a row by appearing to suggest that some rapes are more serious than others.

Even though Thursday's deal with China received unanimous support from Rio Tinto's board, it provoked a row earlier this month when Rio's chairman-elect, Jim Leng, quit less than a month after his appointment because of a disagreement over ways to reduce debt.

The images caused shock and incredulity when broadcast and have now provoked a row among the country's Islamic leadership, with opposition leaders, senior clerics and the institution charged with preserving Khomeini's works accusing Irib of desecrating the late ayatollah's memory.

Labour's leader in Scotland, Jim Murphy, provoked a row by announcing that 1000 extra Scottish nurses would be funded from Scotland's proportion of the money raised by the mansion tax.