Sentence examples for if this escalates from inspiring English sources

The stress will come if this escalates".

"We have a plan in place if this escalates to a pandemic".

"If this escalates it could pose a real threat to the Kurdistan region, which is Iraq's most stable area," said Mr Yawar, who said he expected the Iraqi government and US officials in Iraq to make a formal protest to Tehran about the "blatant violation of Iraqi sovereignty".

Analyst Alexei Arbatov tells the liberal RBK Daily that the implications for Russia could be ominous - "if this situation ends up escalating into a new Cold War, the consequences for Russia would be far graver than they ever were for the USSR, since Russia is not a global superpower".

If this threat escalates, Russia must be prepared to intervene.

Middle East is one of the biggest oil producing areas in the world and there are fears that if this conflict escalates further, it may hurt global oil supplies.

This "war," if it escalates to that scale, will necessarily include maneuvers at home, putting citizens in the line of fire and within earshot of electronic snooping.

"We feel that if we escalate this issue it might not be productive for the peace talks," said Maria N. Farani Azevedo, the Brazilian ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva.

I'm afraid that if I escalate this, it will have negative ramifications for my career as my boss will lose trust in me (and I report only to him).

If this type of dispute escalates in the mobile phone industry, we may see all-out-war as patent users and patent holders fight for the lucrative fees that customers worldwide pay for new innovative services and technology.

If it escalates, it could make the economy irrelevant.