1.   Also complicating conservation efforts is more typical resistance among farmers whose livestock has been eaten by tigers, or who covet forestry jobs that conservation would restrict.

2.   American officials said fading interest in the Kosovo story is complicating their efforts to build a strong public consensus on military action.

3.   American officials have said the incursions complicate the efforts for peace as they try to avoid alienating the Arab nations in the coalition against terrorism.

4.   And that might complicate their efforts to present Giuliani as the kind of Republican who should be considered by his party for national office in the years ahead.

5.   Any shrinkage of the pool of insurance money would complicate efforts to settle the numerous shareholder lawsuits against Enron and its advisers, lawyers said.

6.   As rain repeatedly filled my Pit, complicating my efforts to smear on the sealer, three little frogs bobbed past me on bits of wood, croaking encouragement.

7.   A past arrest in Finland for heroin possession is complicating efforts to get Karalahti his visa.

8.   A three-hour gunbattle and continued threats by both sides Monday complicated international efforts to cobble together a cease-fire between Israel and the Palestinians.

9.   But he acknowledged that the overtime costs had complicated the effort to make the department more efficient.

10.   But he raised questions about the scope that could complicate these efforts.