Nothing seems to attract the ire of comics or critics like a sitcom, despite, or perhaps because of, the fact that millions watch it.

In normal circumstances, such mega-mergers might have been expected to attract the ire of the competition authorities.

The peer also attracted the ire of investors for his unusually high pay for a non-executive director.

This now attracted the ire of the riksml camp.

This occasionally attracts the ire of park visitors who do not appreciate canines, especially those who, in violation of local ordinances, are unleashed.

Equipped with sharp stingers, menacing drones and a penchant for sugar, these formidable insects provoke the ire of picnic-goers the world over.

They were not the only two to provoke his ire, of course.

The reality was that he did not want to provoke the ire of the mob.

The company provoked the ire of customers by changing its billing system.

Controversial refereeing decisions then provoked the ire of both teams.

The ban hints at the authorities' rising sensitivity to public ire.

Now the usual pattern of censorship and retribution, combined with a show of placating public ire, appears to be under way.

His first order was to wage war on the sort of behaviour by government officials that generates the most public ire.

Cheap and relatively quick to build, they may emit carbon but tend not to stoke the public ire against new coal plants.

Many companies have caught much public ire for their decisions to use foreign labor for customer service and technical support, mostly because of the apparent language barrier that it creates.

Yet the stories she tells are bound to raise the ire of rationalists.

The plans have raised the ire of politicians and industry.

After raising the ire of greedy grasshoppers, a well-meaning ant sets out to find a few would-be heroes willing to defend his colony.

This raised the ire of civil rights campaigners, who picketed the show.

The proposal immediately raised the ire of some smokers who feared such a policy would tread on individual rights and be impossible to enforce.

It's a very difficult dilemma because if we don't pay, we lose people; if we do pay, we risk the ire of society, and that's not helpful at all.

Risking the ire of parents has left some teachers feeling uneasy about the industrial action.

Months later he risked the ire of colleagues when he described working on the soap as like being 'in a retirement home'.