1.   And all the time there were the escalating costs for handling, packaging and processing the wastes at the Sellafield complex.

2.   Prices are rising because of a drought and the escalating cost of grain for cattle feed.

3.   The escalating cost of these tax benefits would be checked within a few years of this policy being implemented.

4.   In the UK, this ideal has been eroding for some time and seems unlikely to survive the escalating costs of current treatments.

5.   And corporate management has become distressed by escalating costs throughout the system.

6.   Analysts said that the company had found it hard to compete with the larger players given its debt and the rapidly escalating cost of acquisitions.

7.   And in the Northeast and Midwest, key regions in the presidential contest, the escalating cost of heating oil adds another dimension to the issue.

8.   And policy analysts of a variety of stripes argue that the nation must still deal with the growing gaps and escalating costs of the health care system.

9.   And the company must foot the bill for escalating medical costs.

10.   At the same time, they said, doctors face escalating overhead costs, especially for liability insurance premiums.