31.   The welfare system, runs this view, makes things worse because it discourages people from working and rewards undesirable behaviour.

32.   They seem to think that building a new road will improve the traffic problem, whereas in point of fact it will make it worse.

33.   This of course, simply depresses world prices further, making matters worse for them.

34.   This was a classic example of big government advocates misunderstanding a problem and designing a government solution guaranteed to make it worse.

35.   To make matter worse, the Salomon Brothers credit committee was growing reluctant to deal with the collapsing savings and loans industry.

36.   To make matters worse, in the opinion of some Western diplomats, these sources could actually shrink.

37.   To make matters worse, the conduct of the Union generals in the lines to the west seemed equally unpromising.

38.   To make matters worse, the economy is a merciless juggernaut.

39.   To make matters worse, the weather had become stormy, and the plane bumped like a car crossing a field.

40.   Trying not to laugh aloud made it worse, and for a moment or two, they were both helpless with suppressed laughter.