Sentence examples for was provoked when from inspiring English sources

The dockers' action was provoked when the British Steel Corporation unloaded materials on the Humber.

In August 1961, a major crisis was provoked when the wall went up.

Authorities have revealed details of the investigation after international outcry was provoked when an American dentist killed, skinned and beheaded Hwange Park's Cecil the lion.

Rabbi Meir Kahane said the clash, which resulted in injuries to three persons and the arrest of 27, was provoked when the police who had previously per mitted them to demonstrate— refused to honor the permit.

The furore was provoked when the shadow Chancellor Ed Balls said he always asked for proof of cash-in-hand payments, even when he handed over £10 to have his hedge cut.

The latest row was provoked when the Royal Bank of Scotland argued in a letter to investors that it would suffer an exodus of expert staff if it failed to honour bonus payments due early next year.

Mr. Curran later apologized in print for his language, saying it had been provoked when Mr. Andrews questioned his integrity.

Zidane's agent, Alain Migliaccio, said that the French captain had been "provoked" when Materazzi had said "something very grave".

It is exhibited by a kind of painful cringing gesture, which is provoked when the subject becomes conscious that they have violated the norms of their own group.

Numerical and experimental results show that the resonance frequency is provoked when the speed is in the vicinity of twice synchroresonance frequency, while the rotor system loses stability through a period-doubling bifurcation and a period-2 motion i.e. subharmonic resonance occurs.

Ischemia due to dilation of the colon may be provoked when there is an increase in intraluminal pressure to more than 50 mmHg [16].