1.   A difficult and unsatisfactory situation became more complex by the day.

2.   But if the different strands can be gradually disentangled, the situation becomes easier.

3.   Here the situation becomes more complex and a number of different possibilities need to be explored.

4.   Hoped-for rents never materialized, and a complex financial situation became even more difficult to control.

5.   In the last two weeks, the situation has become more serious, with riots and strikes spreading across the country.

6.   Meanwhile, the internal situation was becoming more acute for the Herrera administration.

7.   The situation became progressively worse.

8.   The situation was becoming increasingly dangerous.

9.   It is difficult to appreciate how bad the situation had become.

10.   The situation is becoming very grave.