Sentence examples for any escalation from inspiring English sources

China has also warned the Philippines that it was prepared to respond to "any escalation" in the maritime situation.

China was prepared to respond to "any escalation" in the maritime situation, Vice Foreign Minister Fu Ying said.

Certainly, German business is strongly against any escalation.

These foreign powers are strong enough to match virtually any escalation.

But an allied official, Health Minister Mohamad Jawad Khalifeh, said: "We don't want any escalation.

It was not clear that there would be any escalation in Japan's nuclear crisis.

He said the hospital was running effectively as normal but that extra capacity was available to cope with any "escalation".

I felt ashamed of my reaction but felt I should avoid any escalation without others nearby to back me up.

"We are ready for any escalation, and we expect nothing less from the occupiers," Mr. Sadr said.

In fact, the Clinton administration's experience in Colombia so far is that any escalation is bound to have unpredictable consequences.

"We don't want to see any escalation or spread of this war to Lebanon," said a senior Obama administration official.