Despite the board's intense preparation, employees were not prepared to say that their building could do without them.

State education officials contend that if schools have a good curriculum, they should be able to do well on the tests without intense preparation.

The secret, she said, was intense preparation that made the actual events run simply.

You don't see the work ethic, intense preparation, confidence, the leadership.

Sleek, strong and confident, they put on a show now, after months of intense preparation.

The team conducted intense preparations during the spring and fall practices before the 1940 season.

The activity on the deck showed just how intense the preparations for action had become.

Forty years of intense preparation brought him to the ultimate moment and all those guys over there saw was a crazy old man.

Ironically, the most intense preparations are under way in London.

It offers singers under 35 intense preparation for a particular role.