Example sentences of "[noun sg] has been [verb] worse [prep] " in BNC.

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1 This lacuna has been made worse by the ILO 's lack of jurisdiction to examine South African labour legislation since South Africa resigned from the Organisation in 1964 .
2 Some writers have argued that the problem of overload has been made worse by the centralization of government decision-making .
3 Many who invested in UK-based Barlow Clowes Gilt Managers and its Gibraltar sister operation , Barlow Clowes International , were elderly people whose plight has been made worse by the loss of their savings .
4 The confusion about the project has been made worse by the Government 's vacillation and indecision , and also by their lack of answers to my hon. Friends about where the finance for the project will come from .
5 An inadequate system has been made worse by the Government 's decision that it will no longer accept responsibility for collecting maintenance unless there have been irregular payments .
6 We have not seen any patients whose physical pain has been made worse by morphine or diamorphine , nor are we aware of any good evidence that this occurs .
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