1.   Abortion has become the subject of intense debate.

2.   His approach has incited even more intense debate among Democrats.

3.   The future of the nuclear industry has been a matter of intense debate.

4.   These have been the subject of intense debate, with religious preferences sometimes intruding.

5.   This matter has been the subject of intense public debate in recent weeks.

6.   An intense debate is going on within the Israeli government.

7.   This has been the subject of intense scholarly debate.

8.   School reform is a subject of intense debate.

9.   After weeks of intense inter-party debate, clauses relating to privatization had been omitted.