Sentence examples for provoking officials from inspiring English sources
In the case of sovereign debt, the agencies have been accused of timidity for fear of provoking officials whose governments would probably have to pay higher borrowing costs.
His charges mirrored those filed against Kolesnikov — he was accused of provoking officials into taking bribes and of leading a criminal group within the Interior Ministry.
His charges mirrored those filed against Kolesnikov he was accused of provoking officials into taking bribes and of leading a criminal group within the Interior Ministry.
Ms. Alexeyeva is now, by her own count, in her 43rd year of provoking official Moscow.
Apart from death threats, his work has provoked official complaints to Britain's General Medical Council, according to the BBC.
Because Syria is the patron of Lebanon's postwar political elite, this idea provokes official antipathy in Beirut.
The primary goal, though, was to provoke official reaction sufficiently violent to compel the White House to produce a voting-rights bill with enforcement bite.
Earlier attacks provoked official fears that Taliban insurgents had teamed up with local militants, including Lashkar-e-Taiba, suspected of conducting the attacks in Mumbai, India, in November that killed at least 163 people.
He dropped out of his Liverpool boys' school at the age of 14, after his red-dyed hair and huge earring provoked official outrage, and got a job at a record store, Probe Records, where he met numerous local musicians.
The terrorist war that began around Rosh Hashana two years ago and provoked official campaigns of Jew-hatred throughout the Arab world has convinced Israelis like me who are ready to make far-reaching compromises for peace that there will be no acceptance of a Jewish state in the Middle East no matter how much territory we concede.
The EC believes subsidies on the scale of the $25bn-50bn25bn-50bny the US's big three — General Motors, Ford and Chrysler — are incompatible with World Trade Organisation rules and would provoke official complaints to the Geneva-based body, which is due to rule soon on aid for the rival planemakers Airbus and Boeing.
