The station has been criticised for its uncritical embrace of provocative stances.

"It was a pretty provocative stance."

The commission's bold and provocative stance is a must if sanity and consistency are to prevail in intercollegiate athletics.

Worth seeing for its tough, provocative stance and its rich possibilities, however flawed it is in execution.

Before 1914 he earned himself obloquy in some quarters by urging a less provocative British stance towards Germany.

In London, in the early 1960's, his paintings had a wonderfully provocative stance.

We felt this was a particularly provocative stance considering much of the cost could have been saved had action been taken earlier.

Taking a provocative stance, a few scholars even talk about creating a new canon.

"The clubs did not come into these negotiations striking a very provocative or confrontational stance," Orza said.

It was a provocative stance instantly provoking Devereaux.