Sentence examples for provoke tension from inspiring English sources

But the mystery surrounding the lost payments appeared to provoke tension between Congress and the tax agency.

"The rally is not about free speech but a deliberate attempt to provoke tension and antisemitism," he said.

US policy, during much of the Uribe administration (2002-2010), seemedesigneded to provoke tension between Colombia and Venezuela.

This is a book that masquerades as a literary thriller and as a philosophical fable, but is not concentratedly strange enough to provoke tension or intelligent enough to provoke reflection.

José Bové, a Green MEP and sheep farmer once imprisoned for trashing a McDonalds fast-food restaurant, accused the government of sending in the police to provoke tension and charged Bernard Cazeneuve, the Socialist interior minister, with responsibility for Mr Fraisse's death.

Hirsi Ali points to exhibit A of Nigeria, a nation where Islamist radicals have sought to provoke tension against the country's Christian minority.

But it would be bound to provoke tensions with the party's Conservative coalition partners, who strongly oppose reform of drugs laws.

The government's about-face is also likely to provoke tensions in the warm relations between Mr. da Silva and his allies and admirers in the Green movement in Europe.

Given such a fundamental collision of interests, it was perhaps inevitable that Lashkar would one day provoke tensions between Pakistani and American security officials, and the collision itself would come into full public view.

The emphasis on Treasury involvement and value for money could provoke tensions within the Conservative party – between those who want Britain to procure every available modern weapons system, and those who are more concerned about the cost.

It reportedly involved plans to bomb mosques and provoke tensions with Greece, in order to spark political chaos and justify a military takeover.