To complicate matters, there are bandits lurking around -- those pitiful fellow countrymen who, unable to ward off starvation by farming or soldiering or whatnot, have been reduced to the disreputable business as a last resort.
To complicate matters, users and programmers often seem to speak different languages, leading to communication problems.
To complicate matters, Emily discovers she is pregnant.
That would complicate matters.
There are six candidates and, to complicate matters still further, every voter has four votes.
Iran warns that such a referral could complicate matters and prompt Tehran to immediately resume enrichment work.
To further complicate matters, the variety and types of taxes imposed by a political subdivision can be overwhelming.