41.   Deforestation has exacerbated the problem, and the expanding population has forced people to live in flood-prone areas.

42.   Department of Transportation officials, however, say the new road may relax rather than exacerbate the problem by giving truckers easier access to the turnpike.

43.   Delaney said the loss of students would exacerbate financial problems and could eventually force the district to close buildings.

44.   Drinking coffee only exacerbates the problem, he said.

45.   Eighteen months ago, the chapel closed its doors when problems that have dogged it since the opening were exacerbated by a new one.

46.   Exacerbating the problem, the company has been shedding product lines while banking on semiconductors at the behest of its chairman, Park Chong Sup.

47.   Exacerbating the problem was the jumbled way in which the staff was put together.

48.   Falling real estate prices could exacerbate problems at Japanese banks, the OECD said.

49.   Exacerbating the problem are lax lending laws in many states that allow predatory interest rates, witnesses said.

50.   Exacerbating the problems in cellular phones has been a slowdown in demand for computer chips, which are used in the phones as well as computers.