As new threats are posed by an unstable Russia and an increasingly confrontational China, American leadership is needed.

The depth of the economic crisis seriously affected the middle class, and relations between the UP government and the political opposition became increasingly confrontational.

The New Zealand attitude is becoming increasingly confrontational and commercial.

It was the most visual manifestation of a campaign that has turned increasingly confrontational and strange in its final days.

The army was eventually sent in to put down the increasingly confrontational protest, which ultimately left more than 90 people dead.

Until today the Iraqi reaction to the American and British air strikes followed an increasingly confrontational path.

Many lawyers do not want to submit themselves to the public scrutiny that accompanies what has become an increasingly confrontational confirmation process.

As the session became increasingly confrontational another republican mounted a desk, declaring:

"Over the past three years, the far right in Britain has become increasingly confrontational and provocative."

This decision was unwelcome to residents, and relations between the community and the local authority became increasingly confrontational.