Example sentences of "useful [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ This Council and its partners , in the remainder of this decade must try to raise society 's sights quickly enough to develop the corporate vision that brings about useful administrative change which commands wide enough public support . |
| 2 | Those arrangements have already proved to be a useful interim measure — but they are only that , pending the introduction of the Bill , which provides for a much more comprehensive scheme . |
| 3 | ICI has chosen not to invest in new HCFCs which have a small ozone depletion potential even though these represent a useful interim measure for speeding up CFC phase-out , preferring to concentrate on more lasting solutions . |
| 4 | Obviously , as Galbraith has shown , military expenditure can be a useful short-term stabilisation policy for the economy , but its long term effects are less clear . |
| 5 | Neither Weiskrantz nor Dean argues that the whole brain is organized in modules , but they do maintain that there is sufficient evidence for modularity in enough systems for it to form a useful working hypothesis . |
| 6 | A useful working definition has been provided by the Department of Trade and Industry in Britain . |
| 7 | E. M. Anderson retired on health grounds in 1928 but continued to do most useful indoor work on a part time basis . |
| 8 | A useful two-way distinction can be drawn between those monies which are unrestricted and those which are restricted . |
| 9 | It is a useful authorial device to offer readers an unheroic hero so as to escape romantic cliché . |
| 10 | Most have interesting things to say , but why they appear in the order they do is explicable only on some deep theory of random numbers : the editors provide no justification for the selection or their order — or useful introductory remarks or guidelines . |
| 11 | The references and further reading I have included here would make useful introductory reading to this subject and may help to prepare you for sessions and discussions based on the concept of accountability . |
| 12 | A good coverage of the major processes of orogenesis , containing a number of detailed case studies , can be found in Hsu ( 1983 ) and Schaer and Rodgers ( 1987 ) , while Von Huene ( 1984 ) and Molnar ( 1986 ) provide useful introductory reviews , and Molnar ( 1988 ) considers the problem of reconciling the plate tectonics model with the problem of orogenesis . |
| 13 | It does , however , provide a useful introductory focus on Hilton 's breadth of appeal , and also on his understanding of the terms " active " and " contemplative " as they appear in the more sophisticated books of The Scale . |
| 14 | A useful broad classification is provided by Schick ( 1972 p. 17 ) who builds on Anthony 's ( 1965 ) three-fold classification of management processes : ( a ) strategic planning ; ( b ) management control ; and ( c ) operational control ; and states that ‘ every budget system , even rudimentary ones , comprises planning , management and control processes ’ . |
| 15 | Cameron 's four headings are , however , useful broad categories into which might fall the examples chosen for this paper . |
| 16 | The big bony collar could protect vulnerable-parts of its body , and could provide a useful broad anchor for muscles which supported the heavy head . |
| 17 | It was Nicholson , the young clergyman he had met in the Lorton Valley , shy , the unsuccessful wooer of Miss Skelton , poorly paid , but on several occasions a most useful conversational refuge for the restless Colonel . |
| 18 | Limitations on access may be mitigated by the use of : effective and useful technical catalogues ; trade and technical press ; public relations activities ; peer group promotion . |
| 19 | Royal Bank of Scotland does not depreciate freehold and long leasehold buildings , as any such charge is considered to be insignificant in view of their useful economic lives and estimated residual values . |
| 20 | Useful economic lives range from 15 to 20 years . |
| 21 | They should then be amortised against profit over their useful economic life . |
| 22 | If goodwill is treated as an asset it should be amortised systematically over the period of its useful economic life . |
| 23 | Goodwill arising on consolidation before 1st April 1985 and arising after 1st April 1990 is amortised through the profit and loss account over the directors ' estimate of its useful economic life . |
| 24 | Goodwill Under Irish GAAP , goodwill may be either written off immediately on completion of the acquisition against shareholders ' equity or capitalized in the balance sheet and amortized through the income statement on a systematic basis over its useful economic life . |
| 25 | Depreciation is to be based on the shorter of the lease term and useful economic life . |
| 26 | Depreciation is to be based on the shorter of the lease term and useful economic life . |
| 27 | Depreciation should be ( a ) calculated on the same basis as in the audited accounts for the year to 31 December , 1989 , and ( b ) charged on all assets on a monthly basis , with no upward revaluation of assets in the year and with due regard being paid to the carrying value of any assets and the length of the asset 's expected useful economic life to the Business , having due regard to the incidence of obsolescence and future requirements of the Business . |
| 28 | This is not surprising : the Cubans had obtained a useful economic agreement from the Soviet Union , but it was hardly a substantial enough commitment to warrant precipitating an open break with the United States by resuming relations with the USSR . |
| 29 | Crowood Press is reissuing some of the volumes of its useful Complete Guide series in paperback this month at £9.99 : six titles , at intervals from March to June . |
| 30 | They have more er discussions at a senior level er of these particular problems , that there is in fact scope for a useful political dialogue . |