The phrase "were escalated" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe a situation where a problem or issue is made worse or intensified. Here is an example: "The dispute between the two countries were escalated when one side refused to negotiate." In this sentence, "were escalated" is being used to convey the idea that the conflict between the two countries became more severe because one side refused to negotiate.
From this study, two representative bromo substituted compounds 5f and 8f were found to be most active and thus were escalated for gene expression studies for targeting ER-α.
The evaluation of the six-month pilot indicated that, of 164 families helped by the initiative, only three were escalated to social care referrals as a direct result of domestic violence.
Dosages were escalated in increments of 2 mg/m2/course based on side effects and tolerance.
There were 695 alarms in total, 431 (62%) of which were escalated to the call center.
Red columns represent calls that were escalated to the call center, gray columns those that were canceled by the user.
Mortality was 8.7%% (n = 464), 5 % of the patients were escalated to ICU and 6%% had bacteraemia.
Results: After accounting for missing data, 15 patients out of 330 (4.5 %) died or were escalated to the critical care unit.
Patients who tolerated the starting dose of dasatinib (50 or 70 mg orally twice daily) for the first 28-day cycle, and displayed suboptimal Src inhibition, were escalated to a higher dose (70 or 100 mg).
Weekly doses were escalated from 1200 mg/m2 administered intravenously over 120 minutes to 2800 mg/m2 over 280 minutes for three weeks every four weeks.The first-course MTD was 2250 mg/m2.
The four vets were escalated to such occupations as "ultrasound technologist" and "vascular technologist". Only it was all a lie: none of the individuals on those invoices provided any of the services.
Part of the reason for this was that individual bankers were trying to protect the reputation of the organisation, and although concerns were escalated, information would often be censored.
