Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [been] useful " in BNC.
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| 1 | how far the review had been useful in producing proposals for change ; |
| 2 | The work has been useful in 2 ways : firstly , it has yielded demonstrator programmes that can be used to convince more senior officers ; and it has increased the number of people available with some knowledge of expert systems . |
| 3 | This work has been useful in two main areas : analysis of types of content — see Berelson ( 1950 ) and Williams ( 1962 ) — and of the selection and portrayal of certain social figures — see Lowenthal ( 1961 ) . |
| 4 | Such monomania has been useful to warriors since long before the silicon age . |
| 5 | AEA 's Commercial and Planning Director , James Bretherton , commented that the ‘ MMC Report has been useful external validation of what we are trying to achieve . |
| 6 | FTIR analysis has been useful in identifying the provenance of ceramics , which is usually complicated by their processing from raw clay into the finished artefact . |
| 7 | Although two thirds of Oxfordshire teachers consider that the scheme has been useful in producing proposals for change in schools , the actual changes claimed are rather nebulous and a quarter of all teachers are unsure as to whether their review has led to any changes at all . |