The conflict over the towns provoked a crisis in the Spanish Court.

Ongoing conflicts between settlers and the tribes in the northern counties of California provoked appeals by citizens for the removal of the tribes from the region.

Because the Israel-Palestinian conflict provokes such heated emotions on both sides of the debate, Ignatius concluded, it was impossible for anyone to be seen as an impartial mediator.

The intensifying conflict has provoked alarm in the West that many civilian lives will be lost.

The Colombian armed conflict has also provoked impasses between the two countries.

Although the Korean conflict provoked renewed anxieties about a Third World War, such a scenerio was averted.

This conflict provokes a major naval rethink, and Roman battleships start to be developed.

The conflicts of interest suggested by the Enron scandal are already provoking calls for tighter regulation of derivatives, as well as the accounting and investment banking professions.

The conflict between honor and love and the grandiose sentiment of the play inevitably provoked comparison with Corneille.

The Colombian armed conflict between the Colombian government and guerrilla groups has also provoked impasses between the two countries.