11.   It provoked a storm of protest from politicians, unions and low pay campaigners and prompted the threat of legal action from the TUC.

12.   A Massachusetts biotechnology company, Advanced Cell Technology, provoked a storm of outrage last month by reporting that it was trying to create human embryos by cloning.

13.   But, also just by showing up, Jiang provoked storms of protest everywhere.

14.   The Credit Lyonnais bailout provoked a storm of protest from rival banks who contend it amounts to unfair competition.

15.   The decision to load these new costs on businesses provoked a storm of protest from lobbyists for business customers.

16.   This proposal has provoked a storm of criticism in Congress.

17.   Two years later, his victory in the first Empire State Building Run-Up provoked a storm of criticism.

18.   For reasons that are still not completely clear, India has conducted underground nuclear tests and provoked a storm of protests from the whole world.

19.   His eleventh-hour pardon by former President Clinton provoked a storm of criticism in the United States.

20.   Last month, the murder of an elementary school principal by thieves in the mostly black township of Soweto south of Johannesburg provoked a storm of outrage.

v. + storm >>共 277
weather 13.34%
cause 5.63%
provoke 3.70%
forecast 2.62%
accompany 2.47%
raise 2.47%
follow 2.39%
expect 2.24%
unleash 2.00%
create 1.85%
provoke + n. >>共 647
protest 3.97%
outrage 3.90%
violence 3.57%
attack 2.91%
criticism 2.81%
debate 2.38%
outcry 2.22%
anger 2.18%
confrontation 1.98%
clash 1.95%
storm 1.59%
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