Sentence examples for heighten over the from inspiring English sources

If retail sales fail to meet expectations and follow the same pattern as they did in March, concerns are likely to heighten over the sustainability of the UK's consumer-driven economic growth.

Irish police are investigating a bomb threat to a government minister's office as tensions heighten over the introduction of water charges.

"Expectations were heightened over the last few weeks, given Q4 PC shipments and good numbers from Intel".

Emotions were heightened over the last week after racist comments by Clippers owner Donald Sterling came to light and he was banned from the league.

Anticipation for the forthcoming series has been rife in recent months but was heightened over the weekend by the release of another tense trailer.

In 2000 tensions were further heightened over the issue of Sénégal River usage rights; violence was averted when the Senegalese government abandoned a controversial irrigation plan.

As concern over the long drought has heightened over the past two years, Nestlé and other big water-bottling companies have found themselves increasingly under siege.

Because things have arisen which have made Britain's awareness of the other – that's what prejudice is all about, the other – heightened over the years.

Concerns over the reliability and resilience of the U.S. electric grid have heightened over the past year or so, as policymakers, regulators and operators look closer at what it takes to assure adequate supplies of power at the least cost.

That scrutiny has become heightened over the past two years as the authorities have looked beyond the political to crack down on news it sees as degrading to society as a whole, which can include things as seemingly unsubversive as celebrity gossip.

The desire of many Filipinos for change and their frustration with Mr. Marcos's long years in power were heightened over the past three weeks as he openly manipulated the forces at his command to deny Mrs. Aquino her victory.