Object

• DNA: You will use the polymerase chain reaction to amplify DNA from different mutant strains of Arabidopsis thaliana.

• sound: However, the simpler approach of sticking a sound module to the bottom of a tin can will amplify the sound somewhat.

• signal: The amplified signal will appear on the plate circuit.

• noise: The device amplified excessive noise within properties in direct line.

Noun phrase with adjective complement

• such: A small lightweight amplifier that amplifies local sounds such as TV or conversation.

Subject

• nature: The dangers of Mr Blair's authoritarian tendencies are amplified by the nature of those about him.

Modifying Another Word

• selectively: These provide the ability to amplify selectively the high frequency components of the video signal to overcome the cable losses.

• merely: The rod merely amplifies the movement of your hand.

Used with why or when

• what: But I shall return to the subject, and amplify what I formerly wrote about the revolutionary organization.

Modifying Another Word

• greatly: Furthermore, the expression of these genes is often greatly amplified by strong viral promoters.

• considerably: This is amplified considerably when you know incredibly talented musicians who are passed over by an industry that values marketability over artistry.

• thus: Events are thus amplified or flavored by past impulses.

• highly: A highly amplified series of waves on the tarmac, easing out to the normal pattern above and below, on the grass verge.

Used with why or when

• when: If a person is already anxious and somewhat depressed, these feelings will be amplified when the house is quiet and others are sleeping.

Preposition: by

• fact: It is a problem amplified by the fact that developing country markets are generally small and their average constituent company is small.