1.   A fierce debate arose among those trying to respond to the unfavourable economic and social effects of occupation.

2.   A new book criticising Hollywood has provoked fierce debate in the US.

3.   As the deadline approached a fierce debate raged in the United States.

4.   But it was a long gestation, and a fierce debate still simmers about when and where the birth actually took place.

5.   The episode provoked fierce debate about freedom of speech.

6.   The novel has provoked fierce debate in the US.

7.   The point is important, because conservation has recently become the subject of fierce debate.

8.   There has been a fierce debate over the way the war was fought.

9.   These questions set off fierce debate among cleaning experts.