Sentence examples for was to intensify from inspiring English sources

Prendergast's aim was to intensify the president's attention on Sudan.

The main objective was to intensify the efficiency of photocatalytic activity for better and faster antibiotic elimination/mineralization in wastewater.

However, stability came at the cost of stronger central authorities, a trend that was to intensify in the following decade.

Except for this growth of portraiture, however, the mood in the arts during the Hellenistic period was to intensify and elaborate styles developed by Classical Greece.

"We are at the end of our tether," roared Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's prime minister.Mr Assad's response was to intensify his assaults against unarmed civilians, notably in the Mediterranean port of Latakia (see article).

They have tried to boost the economy even as most of Washington seemingly either forgot about the jobless, or decided that the best way to cure unemployment was to intensify the suffering of the unemployed.

The effect is to intensify the claustrophobic, even airless atmosphere.

The third is to intensify efforts to induce and assist smokers to drop the habit.

To add more taxis to this traffic brew is to intensify the already unbearable transit mess.

Its response has been to intensify its harassment of the media.

The fortnight of action is to intensify solidarity, synergy and awareness.