"The implications of a yes vote would be huge, and are magnified by the sense of institutional unpreparedness.
Ian Flintoff Oxford This election is becoming increasingly blurred as the facial expressions and gestures of the combatants become magnified under the unforgiving eye of the TV cameras and the spin doctors regurgitate the views of their representatives and add their own snide remarks.
There are sores, scabs and nasal hairs, each magnified by a factor of 200.
With no visuals to distract you, every sawing sound and fleshy squelch is magnified, contrasting with the mundane noise of a car passing outside, a reminder of life going on in the streets beyond.
There's also a tension between the portrayals of the disease and of the diseased, and in the interplay between the two: some of the details of necrotic tissue, or macerated organs, are so magnified that it's difficult to relate them to anything human at all.
Though almost all eyes are turned northwards, where Islamists Boko Haram have waged a bloody six-year battle, complex ethnic and political rivalries in the south magnified by elections could reignite fighting that once gripped Nigeria.
As the writer himself has pointed out, the trial has vastly magnified the impact of his opinions regarding the railway line and its consequences for the Susa valley, through which it is intended to run.
The volume and intensity of harassment is vastly magnified for women of colour and trans women and disabled women and fat women and sex workers and other intersecting identities.
Make no mistake, France have enough talented players to think they should be making some kind of positive impression in Brazil, but the impetus to gather as much momentum as possible ahead of a tournament on home soil – where expectation to perform will be intensely magnified – is important.
But over the past year, unease in Sinaloa has been magnified by the lack of clarity over the cartel's reconfiguration since Guzmán's arrest.
In France each year of absence is estimated to lower earnings by 7-17%.Theffectct is magnified when lengthy maternity leave is combined with policies to encourage part-time work, which tempt more women back into the labour force but help keep them in junior positions.
