21.   The annual forest fire problem has been made worse by drought and farmers burning off land to plant crops.

22.   The yearly problem of forest fires has been made worse by drought and farmers burning off land to plant crops.

23.   There is deep cynicism about business, made worse by recent scams aimed at evading taxes through fake charities.

24.   Officials blamed the rush to release the results, made worse by conditions in some counting stations, on sloppiness and the lack of a proper voting register.

25.   Police here have maintained that the incident was not premeditated but was a spontaneous explosion of violence made worse by drinking among the extremists.