The plan raises several provocative ideas, like national standards and national testing.

Many provocative ideas are tossed out in the film, but the material is not well organized or carefully developed.

This may be pushing things a bit, but it is a provocative idea nonetheless.

Tom points us to a provocative idea for home builders.

"We are simply looking for provocative ideas, as opposed to shouting matches."

It is a provocative idea because these songs were often more interesting than those given to the relatively bland lead roles.

What the author has to say about the Internet, in fact, seems more a provocative idea than a conviction.

The many provocative ideas here do not make a tidy package.

But these are hardly problems in a book of such strong images and provocative ideas.

It's another to program a smaller festival based on good taste and provocative ideas.