11.   Debate is intensifying over genetically altered crops and over the mergers of giant food processors into ever bigger corporations that demand large-scale precision farming.

12.   Health experts say the debate will intensify next year.

13.   So the debate intensifies, and as it does, very different views emerge on measuring human well-being.

14.   The debate has intensified as more and more litigants, disaffected with lawyers and the high cost of legal fees, are choosing to represent themselves in court.

15.   The debate intensified Tuesday, when Morales accused Sanchez of insulting those who assimilate into American culture.

16.   The debate will intensify in the next Congress.

17.   The differences between Germany and France are likely to become more pronounced as the constitutional debate intensifies.

18.   This year, the debate has only intensified as the broadcast networks have further cut back on the hours devoted to the convention, saying that viewers are uninterested.

19.   Within the foreign policy community, the debate has been intensifying in recent weeks, but the exchanges have been polite and curiously muted.

20.   Several recent surveys have shown an increase in support, but SKOP said public opinion was likely to fluctuate as the political debate intensifies.