Because they may turn out to be a majority.

Are we going to grow at 0.8?

This is likely to develop into quite an argument.

Tactical moves, however, can always develop into strategic shifts.

It's important. There's a squall in there. It's shaping up into a storm.

Any attempt to evacuate them could escalate into a civil war.

It could well deteriorate into that the potential is there.

This partnership should become a genuine and mutually beneficial relationship.

He repaired injured feelings that might have escalated into permanent hostility.

In the long run, such developments will pose a danger to international peace and security.

There are so many people in the world who are incapable of outgrowing the level of their stomach!

For what is happening in Belgium now could end up happening on a continental scale.

Recent street demonstrations could easily turn into an outbreak of ongoing resistance to Israeli rule.

Now the elections in Iraq are about to be converted into a civil war between a Shi a Kurd dominated government and a Sunni insurrection.

Yet, all of these can be politicised on the day there is a clash of films, a match or a culinary competition.

These, however, were never allowed to degenerate into the outright communal slaughter that the war in Sri Lanka has often produced.

By succumbing to fear Americans are doing the terrorists' bidding unleashing a vicious cycle of violence that may result in a permanent state of war.

This delicate situation could escalate into further currency intervention, trade protectionism, and capital controls.

Historically, protectionism has often led to economic conflict, which can rapidly turn into more serious clashes.

He claimed that the Winds of war are blowing, and that the announcement of the military agreement can transform itself into a tragedy.

Any one of those problems could escalate into conflict, thereby threatening life and security.

And, with global growth weakening further in 2012, those battles could escalate into trade wars.

But he fell ill before these measures could be fitted into a larger effort to address the Palestinian issue.

Similar questions surround Hezbollah s reasoning in unleashing large scale action that risked sectarian warfare and jeopardized its moral high ground. But it has largely achieved its aims.

But the danger that any conflict could escalate into a nuclear confrontation prevented reckless and dangerous behavior on both sides on more than one occasion.

Similar questions surround Hezbollah s reasoning in unleashing large scale action that risked sectarian warfare and jeopardized its moral high ground.

Civil unrest and political destabilization could erupt into financial and social crises that ultimately threaten the monetary union s survival.

What may be considered minor irritants to the larger States loom large for the small States.

These are mainly engineering problems, not negotiating problems.

The very serious and explosive situation in Kosovo, which is generally agreed to be in danger of deteriorating into an armed conflict, has been at the centre of the CSCE apos s attention in recent years.

The new enclosures of the genetic commons or of body tissue threaten to extend the objectification and commodification of the body to both sexes.

Withdrawal is one of the riskiest military maneuvers, because it can easily degenerate into panicky retreat and chaos.

It is also well known that a liquidity crisis can become a solvency crisis if the relief on debt servicing is not sufficient to promote a strong recovery.

You must stop thinking like this, or it'll become an obsession.

Emerging issues

For example, if another product safety issue involving Chinese imports makes headlines in the US, things could move quickly from disappointment to real anger.

Indeed, an easily manageable financial crisis in Greece was allowed to grow into a life threatening emergency for the states on the southern periphery of the European Union and for the European project as a whole.

Aid should be provided now as a preventive measure, instead of after the outbreak of those likely social clashes which may grow into new conflicts.

I'm aware of the problem.

Problems in the education system

There are economic and geopolitical rivalries between China and Japan that dwarf in importance the high profile insults to national pride that make headlines. But there are also compelling economic and political inducements toward cooperation that prevent these rivalries from developing into full blown crises.

But there are also compelling economic and political inducements toward cooperation that prevent these rivalries from developing into full blown crises.

The refusal of many Muslims to integrate into Western societies, as well as high levels of unemployment and ready access to revolutionary propaganda, can easily explode in acts of violence.

Their problems are your problems.

The problems of the past had been overcome, but new ones would arise in the future.