1.   An irritating cough producing very little phlegm and becoming worse when taking a deep breath.

2.   Only the timely arrival of the police prevented the situation from becoming worse.

3.   The situation became progressively worse.

4.   Without money for food and medicine her condition became worse.

5.   This becomes worse when hierarchies are made realistically complex to reflect real-world data relationships.

6.   She started on one-half strength Vivonex orally but her diarrhoea became worse and she began to vomit.

7.   Even the much-vaunted Charity School Movement of the early decades seems only to have helped stop a poor level becoming worse.

8.   No matter how hard the Provincial champions tried to eat into the massive margin the worse it became for them.

9.   Lol Walters, a worker at the centre, which is funded by Shelter, said homeless ness was a year-round problem which tended to become worse in winter.

10.   His depression had become worse over the past year.