Preposition: at

• time: I don't think you'd get many ' runners ' , as the music is really hypnotic and intense at the same time.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• make: Confidence in the market is making conditions intense with competitive bidding often resulting in multiple offers on the same property.

Modifies a noun

• scrutiny: All the product of intense scrutiny of the Word of God.

• lobbying: But after intense lobbying, the Home Office is expected to announce measures to help them in the next few weeks.

• rivalry: Intense friendly rivalry between football clubs adds to the pleasure of the beautiful game.

• heat: Nor had he trained for the intense desert heat, except for arriving a week early to the Death Valley start area.

• pressure: Their profit margins are likely to come under intense pressure leading to the possible closure of smaller chemists in rural areas.

• workout: An intense workout toning all muscle groups in body.

Modifying Another Word

• emotionally: Carefully plotted, emotionally intense stories, both films are supported by professional production design, deliciously decrepit settings, and engaging characters.

• incredibly: He's obviously, you know, Cillian plays him as incredibly intense.

• moderately: She advises that sedentary individuals slowly build up their exercise level from light to moderately intense.

• sufficiently: Throughout much of the region tidal mixing is sufficiently intense to ensure that the water column remains well mixed throughout the year.

• pretty: The bias toward the 80s and 90s is pretty intense.

• fairly: The recruitment process was fairly intense, and consisted of a first interview then a longer, two-day assessment center.

Used with adjective complement

• become: Over the next few years the Methodist campaign became more intense.

• grow: It was also the time at which the opposition of some archeologists grew particularly intense, increasing publicity for the hobby still further.

• remain: There is every reason to believe that the pace of change will remain intense.

• get: The competition for work is only going to get more intense.

• feel: It may just be me but it felt less intense than the rest of the writing.

Preposition: in

• area: We've been a little bit more intense in that area - making sure that we finish off our sets of six.