Example sentences of "we can measure [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are a number of different ways in which we can measure wealth . |
| 2 | We now have an identity for multimedia , a working definition against which we can measure developments and potential impacts . |
| 3 | I mean at one stage we go back a hundred years — back to Dalton he thought of his atoms as being fundamental entities that could never be broken up , whereas now we know that an atom is a very complicated structure and we can measure things about atoms , we can measure the distribution , we can where the electrons and so on are . |
| 4 | St Augustine came to the conclusion that we can measure time only if the mind has the power of holding within itself the impression made by things as they pass by even after they are gone . |
| 5 | The same way we can measure length in feet and inches ( or in metres ) , so we can measure the energy that food provides in calories . |
| 6 | We can measure population fairly precisely ; we can tell whether its rise was due to the birth of more children or to men and women living longer , that is , to a rise in the birth-rate or a fall in the death-rate . |
| 7 | We can measure productivity but with motivation we can only make certain assumptions that improved motivation may lead to improved performance . |