Sentence examples for on real things from inspiring English sources

It was gambling on real things.

Legislation is created by real people and it acts on real things.

"So I'm drawing on real things, but ultimately I've written a fictional play," he says.

Pryor was filled with dread and panic — an existential fear, based on real things, like racism and lost love.

I was happier – or, more strictly, I was happy or sad based on real things in my life, rather than being constantly depressed.

An economy, surely, has to be built on real things - bricks, and bread, and pints of milk, not just Facebook, MySpace, Second Life, Wikipedia and blogging?

"I've modeled my own house down to the doorknobs and keyholes," which are shaped and sized accurately, based on the real things, Schnell said.

Surely it's better to take supplements that manufacturers say have the concentrated goodness of fruit and vegetables, without having to chew on the real things?

The post-crisis years have not been good for real assets, the catchall term for commodities, energy, real estate and other investments based on selling real things instead of clever ideas.

Instead the Great Lakes can best restore its legacy as an aspirational region by focusing on the very real things that constitute its historic DNA.

Soon, he was back at Harvard — also his dad's alma mater — focusing on writing about real things.