Sentence examples for set to provoke from inspiring English sources

Such research is now going on apace and set to provoke screams that will echo well beyond 2009.Geoffrey Carr: science editor, The Economist.

But the death of a 25-year-old activist during a police raid of the headquarters of the opposition Liberal party (PLRA) looked set to provoke more protests over the weekend.

The British Museum is considering three further overseas loans from the Elgin Marbles – but a reluctance to entertain the sculptures' return to Greece is set to provoke renewed anger in Athens.

It is always bracing to find a pop pretender who can talk a good fight, better still when the records he makes look set to provoke love and hate in equal measure.

The discovery in a Spanish cave of what is claimed to be the world's oldest burial artefact was set to provoke a fierce scientific debate about the exact moment when man's mind was lit by the spark of imagination and creativity.

But inside the Welsh Assembly, whose new building is one of many prestige projects under construction, charges of inadequate public spending look set to provoke a vote of no confidence in the government.Given the seriousness of the political crisis, the details of the dispute are surprisingly arcane.

Snyder said this may play into the hands of terrorists, who set out to provoke a harsh response.

That was the trap into which the jihadists announced, five months ago, they intended to draw the military interventionists they set out to provoke.

Mica set out to provoke the Senate into action in July when he included provisions in the 22nd extension that he knew were unpalatable to key Senate members.

At a rally in Searchlight, Nev., a week later, Mr. Breitbart argued that black Democratic lawmakers had set out to provoke the protesters.

He said: "His [Choudary's] attempt to demonstrate at Wootton Bassett was set out to provoke hatred between communities and is not welcomed in the Muslim communities.