Sentence examples for this could provoke from inspiring English sources

This could provoke awkward clashes.

The risk is that this could provoke reprisals.

He said churches were careful not to proselytize to Muslims precisely because this could provoke a "backlash from authorities".

Some legal experts fear that this could provoke a constitutional crisis, given Mrs. Kumaratunga's fierce enmity toward the opposition.

He has threatened to intervene in the association despite the risk that this could provoke sanctions from FIFA against Indonesian soccer.

It would be nice to believe that a movie like this could provoke civil and respectful dialogue about an intensely polarizing issue, but let's not kid ourselves.

"This incident could provoke a much larger conflict," Mr. Asanbekov said.

Mr. Scowcroft suggested that this approach could provoke the "wrath and enmity" of the Muslim world.

Delay at this point could provoke a larger confrontation in June, when the institution must settle its annual budget.

"There is already a growing tension between liberals and the religious conservatives in the country and this issue could provoke opposition from the religious police," says Abeer Mishkhas is a columnist for the Saudi paper Asharq al-Awsat.

The Christmas chaos that this contest could provoke is obvious.