31.   If the situation worsens and you resign before finding other work, the documentation could help you collect unemployment insurance benefits.

32.   If anything, she said, her situation had worsened for a while.

33.   If anything, she said, her situation has worsened.

34.   If the situation worsens, it probably will strike unevenly throughout the world.

35.   In recent months, Justice Freedman threatened to reinstate the civil-contempt fines, saying she had watched the situation worsen.

36.   In recent years the situation has worsened, as double-parked cars frequently line the street, preventing ambulances and other emergency vehicles from passing through.

37.   Japanese bonds rose as investors said the economic situation will worsen following the failure of a major food trading company.

38.   Many say that the situation could worsen in the short term, since many states, including New York, are trying to trim Medicaid rolls.

39.   Phillips said it is more likely the Saudis would cut back some military cooperation with the United States rather than oil exports if the situation worsened.

40.   President Bill Clinton signed legislation last year barring U.S. companies from doing business in Burma if the human rights situation there worsens.