verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
only
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The economic downturn has only intensified the self-rejuvenating qualities of élites and multiplied the ways in which others are shut out.
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Passing laws that prevent citizens from taking out their savings only intensifies the confidence crisis.
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When you come down on him too hard, you may only intensify his own self-criticism and probably even self-hatred.
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In the years since, the clash between old and new has only intensified .
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But now that I had to live here, understand here, everything I saw only intensified my bewilderment.
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Losing only intensifies Williams' plight.
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That complaint was well founded, and the trend only intensified .
■ NOUN
effort
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He also said he would order staffers to intensify efforts to find more wells.
pressure
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The Act intensifies the competitive pressures already experienced by many schools as a result of falling rolls throughout the 1980s.
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The new findings sharply intensified congressional pressure to halt the withdrawal program.
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The latest figures announced yesterday will intensify pressure on the Government to produce a jobs package in next month's Budget.
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Although private funding has bridged much of this gap, declining ticket sales of 35 % have intensified financial pressures .
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Such initiatives intensified the pressure exerted by the guild for the state to take responsibility for public health.
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Rhee intensified his pressure in the early months of 1947 and became more outspoken in criticising the military government.
problem
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It is possible that future developments in storage and warehousing may intensify these problems .
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Money and technological advance intensify the problem .
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Consequently a lack of cooperation in the international monetary system only served to intensify the economic problem of the 1930s.
war
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But as the war intensified , the jokes wore thin.
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As the civil war intensified and the Communist armies neared Canton, prices for food and other necessities skyrocketed.
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In early 1990 the guerrilla war intensified , with rising casualties among both the local population and the security forces.
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On June 30, the war of words was intensified by John Trudell.
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As we shall see, one of the effects of the Peloponnesian War was to intensify political activity and pamphleteering.
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After the Six-Day War , their agitation intensified .
■ VERB
continue
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Relationships with the global trading and financial systems have continued to intensify .
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The interest continues , even intensifies , during adolescence.
seem
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The nightmare seemed to be intensifying .
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The cabby was approaching fast; his hatred seemed to have intensified on his scowling face.
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The piercing brilliance of the late afternoon sunlight seems to intensify the surrealism of the constantly changing scenery.
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The failure of this meagre adornment seemed only to intensify the air of sadness, like decorations on a dead Christmas tree.
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Each time he awoke the pain seemed to have intensified .
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The awareness of the world's antiquity which was often with me seemed to intensify , to be a solace.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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As the season intensifies, quarterback Young will need to work on his fitness.
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China is intensifying efforts to fight crime.
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In the run-up to the election, terrorists have intensified their activities.
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Police have now intensified the search for the lost child.
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The controversy is only expected to intensify .
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The dizzy feeling in her head intensified, and she knew she was about to black out.
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The fighting intensified and spread through the city.
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The latest merger will intensify competition among defense companies.
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Their panic intensified, as they heard the gunshots getting closer.
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Throughout the 1920s and 1930s, racism and bigotry intensified.
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We have no choice but to intensify the strike campaign.
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Winds intensified during the afternoon.