It intensifies the feeling that "it's the thought that counts".
That Commentary was a Jewish periodical in a predominately Christian country only intensified the feeling of estrangement.
And it also intensified the feeling that if he wanted to play internationally, he would have to leave South Africa.
Repeated reports by the Taliban of American bombs' killing civilians appear to have intensified the feeling among Afghans that the United States has attacked Afghanistan, not just its rulers.
If the competitive field of employment can intensify the feeling of demands and expectations, when we explore individual cases we find that something more is at stake.
The trip was less than five minutes long, but the speedy way we were borne across the rain-spattered water intensified the feeling of passing through some forgotten Narnian portal.
The deal succeeded in replenishing the government's gold supply, but the alliance between the president and one of the era's leading "robber barons" intensified the feeling that Cleveland had lost touch with ordinary Americans.
This referendum, which threatens to throw into disarray two several key institutions – namely, the judiciary and the media – can only intensify the feeling of uncertainty that presently plagues Ecuador.
It is difficult to imagine that victory over Bournemouth will substantially brighten the mood at Goodison Park but defeat could make it a lot worse - and intensify the feeling that either Martínez or some key players should leave soon.
His words only intensified the feeling, in Britain and elsewhere, that there was a strong whiff of denial about the scale and urgency of an unfolding humanitarian disaster, especially on the back of months of pushing by the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, for a system of mandatory quotas in the EU.
23 Hope Street, 0151 709 6574, @TwentyThreeClub Hidden behind an empty shop front, this "speakeasy" is genuinely difficult to find ("Even now you see people knocking on the wrong door or asking, 'are you sure it's here?'," says Williams), while its dimly lit interior intensifies the feeling that this is a bolthole from the raucousness outside.
