31.   The circumstances of this election only complicate the task.

32.   The fate of the thousands of civilians in Grozny, however, has complicated that task.

33.   The job would be hard enough in peacetime, and rebel raids behind Russian lines have severely complicated that task.

34.   The pricing pressure that has become a part of nearly every large industry has complicated the task.

35.   The remarkable changes in the longevity and life stylesof older people in the last several decades have complicated the task.

36.   The risk is that the president himself may complicate his task by virtue of the comprehensiveness of his thinking about domestic policy.

37.   The Russian Foreign Ministry called the indictment political, China questioned its validity and Chernomyrdin said it greatly complicated his task.

38.   The strain of joblessness, Lichtenstein said, made his mood swings worse and complicated the task of getting his illness under control.

39.   The task could become complicated by thunderstorms, late Sunday afternoon, breaking the increasingly muggy heat.

40.   The task is complicated by a dispute over which country owns the launch pads.