Although the company had exported beer for most of its history, this effort was intensified dramatically in the late 1980s.

Interdiction operations, especially of the coast guards, have intensified dramatically.

During the protests, this has been intensified dramatically.

A continuing dispute over control of the main newspaper printing plant in Latvia has dramatically intensified the conflict between the central authorities in Moscow and Baltic independence movements since the New Year.

The CIA also began working with Sidney Hook, whose anti-Soviet views had dramatically intensified since the 1930s.

Under Mr. Gorbachev, all three types of contacts have intensified dramatically.

Ladies and gentlemen, once again it is my sad duty to open our plenary sitting against the background of the violence in the Spanish Basque Country which has intensified dramatically over the summer.

So these are all things which when explained logically sound quite harmless, but which demonstrate to us that the situation has dramatically intensified over the last six months.

Attacks on Christian communities have dramatically intensified, especially in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa.

The brazen assassination attempt, as well as the defection in Beijing last week of a senior North Korean official, have dramatically intensified the cold war animosity on the heavily armed Korean peninsula and could derail recent steps toward easing tensions.