Example sentences of "be useful for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even if paintings are unpopular or even if people think they are bad paintings for a while , they 're useful for art students . |
| 2 | However , products which are known to be available on request may receive better ongoing coverage in the media simply because they are useful for photography . |
| 3 | Electric bite alarms are useful for night fishing , and many night anglers I know would not fish without them , and no matter what they tell you to the contrary they are mainly used to wake you up when you have a bite ! |
| 4 | Neural networks are useful for process control because they can interpret so-called soft sensor readings — the inferred measurements from groups of sensors ; can cope with complex , variable systems ; and can be used to build statistical models . |
| 5 | Wrist and ankle weights are useful for power training but make sure they do n't modify your technique . |
| 6 | Tractor-mounted rotovators are expensive to buy and to operate , but small , manually controlled machines are useful for garden and inter-row field cultivations on a smallholding . |
| 7 | Sprays are not just for keeping a finished style in place — they are useful for styling , too . |
| 8 | They are useful for invoice checking , valuation of stock , conversion of foreign currencies and other control calculations . |
| 9 | It matters that girls are getting a less fair deal than boys if , as is the case , fewer of them leave school with qualifications which are useful for employment . |
| 10 | Many of the numerous pamphlet bibliographies published each year are useful for stock revision purposes — particularly in very specific , discrete subject areas . |
| 11 | Although study of the past can be useful for extrapolation into the future it is also imperative that investigation of contemporary processes is undertaken to assist understanding of the way in which environment operates now , operated in the past , and may operate in the future . |
| 12 | Although a medically biased book , there are some useful care plans accompanying each disorder as well as some excellent patient teaching guides that would be useful for reference on the ward and as teaching aids in the classroom . |
| 13 | Finally , if misconstruction is to be avoided , it may be useful for legislation to explain how gradation is intended to operate so far as the charging and prosecution of offences is concerned . |
| 14 | They will be useful for Attainment Target 2 ( Interpretations of History ) though not Attainment Target 3 ( Using Evidence ) . |
| 15 | It will be useful for processor hungry applications — spreadsheets , graphics applications , and multitasking spring readily to mind . |
| 16 | This kind of interaction is consistently recognized as important for the authoring of documents and seems likely to be useful for document reuse as well . |
| 17 | This can be useful for self-awareness and offer guidance for skills development . |
| 18 | And as Mrs Johnstone , alias Meg Dods , author of the admirable Housewife 's Manual of 1826 wrote , " What is left of the clarified butter ( from potted lobster or crab ) will be very relishing for sauces " while " any butter from potted tongue or chicken remaining uneaten will afterwards be useful for frying meat and for pastry for pies " . |
| 19 | In particular , they may be useful for parish groups , pastoral councils and members of lay organisations . |
| 20 | It may be useful for family health services authorities within the zone to take on responsibility for arranging early retirement packages , where these could be shown to be in the interests of the service . |
| 21 | These might be useful for guidance and counselling , for career conventions and for informing employers of the qualifications which prospective employees might have . |
| 22 | The Nobel citation noted that his discovery would be useful for energy conversion technology . |
| 23 | These can be useful for compression joints , provided they are the right size . |
| 24 | This fact would be useful for Essay A as Moltke was responsible for the military brilliance of the Prussians in the period and with Room for the restructuring of the army , which crisis also brought Bismarck to power on 23rd September 1862 . |
| 25 | But it will still be useful for breeding . |
| 26 | is useful for self study |
| 27 | Although the facilities are mainly suitable for Fair Isle and intarsia , it is useful for tuck and slip designs too . |
| 28 | The table shows figures down to 0.01 per cent of synonyms , and Fig. 6.7 is useful for extrapolation between values , and understanding the overall relationship between bucket size and packing density . |
| 29 | This information is useful for syntax , and semantics ( for example , a heading gives clues to the domain or content of following text ) . |
| 30 | Stenton ( Oxford , 3rd edition 1971 ) has , on pp.731–4 , a ‘ Key to Anglo-Saxon Place Names ’ ; Historical Interpretation : I by J.J. Bagley ( Penguin Books 1965 ) has , on pp.265–73 , a ‘ Glossary of Archaic and Technical Words ’ , and this is useful for compound terms . |