1.   Anderson says that violations are so rampant he could write dog tickets all day without stopping, and that the battle is intensifying.

2.   As the presidential battle intensifies, it may claim as victims those Republican campaign officials who do not want their homosexuality revealed.

3.   In the past two weeks the battle had intensified.

4.   Recently, the battle intensified when libraries began offering their patrons the use of computers with access to the Internet.

5.   Several analysts said the battle could intensify further, with still higher offers from both bidders.

6.   Since then the battle has intensified with Waterstone declaration that it planned to open a seven-story bookstore in a former department store in London.

7.   The battle has intensified in recent months over the issue of fluoridation.

8.   The two quarreled from the start, the battles intensifying in recent years.

9.   When race is a part of the equation, as it so often is, the battle intensifies.

10.   When the natural order of a food chain is upset, the battle for survival intensifies.