However, these emotions can be correlated to external and/or internal factors, which are rather tangible things, and hence they can be measured and analyzed.
The story of his death serves as a chilling reminder that quality and safety are not abstract ideals but rather tangible goals designed to prevent tragedies like the one experienced by Lewis Blackman's family.
In contrast to these rather tangible aspects, we might also be confronted with rather intangible implications.
Unlike patents for new drug formulas, patents on software often effectively grant ownership of concepts, rather than tangible creations.
QUESTION FROM GUEST: So do you believe that honor, rather than tangible legal benefit, is the most important (most desired?) stake in this battle?
Last night, the threat to his presence in a tournament he has won three times was created by a rather more tangible problem.
In the West, national values were wrapped up with the concept of freedom — more so, perhaps, than with democracy, which seemed to many people a rather less tangible concept.
Grant Barrett, a lexicographer who is the host of the radio show "A Way With Words," said moral as an adjective could also be defined as "having psychological rather than tangible effects," as in moral support.
Mr. Hastings's attempt to address the issue falls into the category of business method patents -- ideas for ways of conducting businesses, like one-click ordering online, rather than tangible inventions.
It shows, over time, how much of the combined market cap of companies on the S. & P. 500 could be attributed to intangible assets rather than tangible ones: In 1975, about twenty per cent of companies' valuations could be attributed to intangible assets, such as knowledge; by 2007, the proportions were reversed.
A last-ditch offer by Bouygues held out €15.5 billion in cash and 5% of the resulting entity, also valuing SFR at €17 billion after rather more tangible synergies.Following three weeks of deliberation, Vivendi's supervisory board stuck with its original inclination.
