The shift also suggests that China has concluded it cannot allow public anger to escalate further.

The only answer I can see is for us to end this right here, today, before it can escalate further.

Nonetheless, the military put stiff pressure on him to escalate further.

A C6 is given if the situation escalates further, resulting in a fixed term of exclusion from the school.

The unrest escalated further on June 16 when five people lost their lives.

The situation must now be prevented from escalating further.

Israeli military action has already cost the lives of over 30 Palestinians, and the situation threatens to escalate still further.

They are the oil on the fire which will further escalate the spiral of violence.

Wouldn't it further escalate bargaining over government decisions about every unpopular project?

The situation escalated further on the weekend of 10 April 2010.