Sentence examples for make the problem bigger from inspiring English sources

"We are talking about a drug that is still problematic but by prohibition you make the problem bigger than it is," said Dr Franz Trautmann of the Trimbos Institute – the Netherlands institute of mental health and addiction.

In the context of planning and managing the complexity of war in the face of cascading interconnected crises, the great Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower was once asked, "What do you do when you find a problem you can't solve?" His answer, "Make the problem bigger".

They only make the problem bigger.

It makes the problem bigger".

Climate change and air pollution from Heathrow are killing people now, and the government's response is to spend millions making the problem bigger.

But it becomes harder to tolerate if the devolved administrations are seen to be using English cash to avoid painful reforms.The partial devolution of taxation powers, which will accelerate in the next few years, makes the problem bigger.

We have in most cases made the problem bigger and more difficult to solve.

That doesn't fix anything, but makes the problem bigger than it really is.

"(EU) governments are not solving things, they are kicking the problem down the road, and the snowball is growing and making the problem bigger and bigger," he told TF1 television.

"The Conservatives need to get a grip of the academy system as it stands, rather than make the problem any bigger by adding more schools and academy trusts.

One of the chief conclusions was that talking to the public about corruption "can make the problem seem bigger than previously thought … [and] can also bring to mind other 'difficult' issues surrounding aid".