11.   A merged company would operate in an industry where global competition has intensified as countries have lowered access barriers to domestic telecommunication markets.

12.   A more pressing concern for some is if other entrepreneurs get into the game, competition could intensify among shark-watching tours of the Farallons.

13.   But as competition intensifies, the chain is undergoing a subtle -- and expensive --middle-age makeover.

14.   But analysts said that the combinations turned out to be disappointing and that competition was intensifying.

15.   But if anything, the competition has intensified.

16.   But the competition intensified.

17.   Coming on the heels of aggressive pricing by others the announcement shows that the competition is intensifying.

18.   Competition has intensified for consumers as buyers face a bewildering choice of nameplates.

19.   Competition is intensifying even as sales are picking up again.

20.   Competition has intensified in the mini-van market that Chrysler defined and dominated.