1.   Some said the pain was provoked or made worse by lifting, twisting or bending.

2.   The survey also indicated that around two million people per year suffer from illnesses that are caused or made worse by their work.

3.   As a result, supplies in the European market have increased, causing prices to decline, a situation made worse by fading local demand, traders said.

4.   Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who leads the Democratic opposition, only made tensions worse by leaving the room before the governor began speaking Tuesday.

5.   But depression always threatened, made worse by the troubles of his children, to whom he was not as bad a father as previous biographers have insisted.

6.   DeLakas smokes, a hazard made worse by his habit of storing his burning cigarette in the middle of a stack of magazines.

7.   Ghana is in a financial squeeze, made worse by a severe energy shortage that has lately forced tight rationing of electricity.

8.   He was coaching an expansion team with little talent, made worse by injuries to several critical veterans.

9.   Instead of defusing confrontational situations, some parents make them worse by fighting with each other or, worse, squabbling with or even attacking referees.

10.   It was a remarkably ugly scene, apparently made worse by the desire of police and social workers to execute the raid as quickly as possible.