Sentence examples for the tangible thing was from inspiring English sources

The tangible thing was when Chairlift got an iPod commercial.

My idealistic view of money as a tangible thing was trampled.

So the idea that there is a solid, consistent, tangible thing is an illusion".

For Oprah Winfrey's website, she compiled a guide to recovering from heartbreak, "Six Ways to Pull Yourself Back Up", and the tips – "small, tangible things" – are delightfully grounded, from the importance, in denial, of telling people – "I crept from apartment to apartment … a Typhoid Mary, a Divorce Shary" – to the value of creation.

Now that he has once again seen Daisy in the flesh and the challenges that await each of then have been made tangible, things are different.

Plenty of tangible things are at stake in the Virginia election: whether Virginia's Medicaid rolls will be slashed, which party will control the redistricting process after the 2020 census.

While all attention will be turned towards national politics and regional strife, there are tangible things being done in local communities to find ways out of violence for the urban poor.

But what happens when more and more tangible things are given to you for free if you hand over a chunk of your or your friends' attention span to a brand?

To obtain a Section 215 order, the government must provide a special court -- the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court -- with "a statement of facts showing that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the tangible things sought are relevant to an authorized investigation".

Under section 1861 of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (Fisa), authorities seeking such records from phone companies must show "that there are reasonable grounds to to believe that the tangible things sought are relevant to an authorized investigation".

The Patriot Act allows the N.S.A. to obtain phone records and the like if it provides "a statement of facts showing that . . . the tangible things sought are relevant to an authorized investigation".