1.   He says both Mr Mellor and his wife, who supervised most of the work, were kept informed of escalating costs.

2.   Investors in the Sports Stadium project are worried by escalating construction costs.

3.   New, more costly technologies constantly escalate per capita costs.

4.   About half change their minds after childbirth, causing enormous heartache to the waiting adoptive parents and escalating their costs if they opt to try again.

5.   Add to those factors sharply rising prices for natural gas and a shortfall in precipitation that feeds hydropower and you have the ingredients for escalating electricity costs.

6.   But many companies complain that the FDA is slow to respond, escalating costs.

7.   Driven largely by escalating drug costs, the double-digit increase in annual premiums is the third in a row for many companies.

8.   In a worst-case scenario, cases could be reversed on appeal because of an inadequate defense and would have to be retried, further escalating the costs.

9.   Industry observers said the price hike could force other flat-rate Internet services to raise their prices to pay for escalating service costs.

10.   Jordan is more afraid of escalating college costs, which he fears might prevent him from earning a higher education.