The phrase "a intense battle" is not correct.
It should be "an intense battle." You can use it when describing a conflict or struggle that is particularly fierce or challenging.
Example: "The two armies faced each other in an intense battle that would determine the fate of the kingdom."
Alternatives: "a fierce battle" or "a heated battle."
LONDON — The last time Gianni Infantino ran for elected office, it was an intense battle, a campaign decided on promises and vision.
He explains that Emsense spent about four years collecting data on how viewers reacted to specific events in commercials and games, such as an intense battle scene, or a joke or a sales pitch in an ad.
"It was an intense battle but a great battle.
Just as with Schumacher and Ferrari in 2000, for example, Vettel's first title for Red Bull came only after an intense battle with a rival of the highest standard.
This past Friday, Hamas engaged in an intense battle with a Salafist group called Jund Ansar Allah (the Soldiers of the Supporters of God).
The music industry, fighting an intense battle to stop a worldwide slide in sales, unleashed its first wave of international lawsuits against Internet song-swappers on Tuesday.
BAMAKO, Mali — The international standoff with Islamists controlling northern Mali took a decisive turn on Friday, as French forces engaged in an intense battle to beat back an aggressive militant push into the center of the country.
Continuing the strong putting he displayed all week, he poured in a 24-footer for birdie at No. 7, and what was expected to be an intense battle was turning into a possible rout.
As you may recall, in Episode 1, Season 1, "Winter Is Coming," Ned Stark discovers a dead stag and a dead direwolf, who were seemingly entangled in an intense battle.
It sets the stage for an intense battle starting on Thursday, when a Senate committee takes up Mr. Dodd's bill.
