Sentence examples for escalating the issue from inspiring English sources

The three reporters have been instrumental in escalating the issue of poor translations during the proceedings.

By escalating the issue to a 300-day court review, the S.E.C. may just prove that compromise is elusive.

He would be pressing for a way to de-escalate the issue.

"That employee and a more senior employee who failed to escalate the issue, were terminated shortly thereafter.

An agent, it turned out, had escalated the issue and I was told the screen would be repaired and the other problems fixed.

Carney said there was no reason at this stage to "escalate" the issue, insisting that the staffer suspended was not facing any disciplinary action.

But Crompton said he did not escalate the issue with the BBC management because he thought they would run the story anyway.

The spokeswoman added that the Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg would be telephoning the Spanish Deputy Prime Minister, Soraya Saenz de Santamaria, to reiterate British concerns and to press for a way forward to "de-escalate the issue".

Marko Mihkelson, the chairman of the foreign affairs committee in the Estonian parliament, agreed that it did not serve the country's interests to escalate the issue into an international crisis.

That left the Democrats with the choice of going along on Thursday or trying to block the nomination and escalate the issue by either a filibuster in committee or a walkout to prevent a vote.

China does appear determined to escalate the issue of the uninhabited islands, known as Diaoyu in China and the Senkaku in Japan, as a way of forcing the Japanese to negotiate and give up control of territory that has symbolic and strategic value for both countries.