Example sentences of "is [adv] useful for [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Older historians may still question the validity of oral data ; but , Briggs argues , ‘ you 've got to be critical of all forms of historical evidence ; they all have their pitfalls , but oral evidence is especially useful for recovering attitudes ’ — a point amply borne out by City Lives . |
| 2 | One machine which is especially useful for creating video and film titles costs under £10 000 . |
| 3 | Section 1.5 is especially useful for relating information technology and information skills and their importance in the curriculum . |
| 4 | Colourists at the Michaeljohn salon apply the renowned Henara Natural Colouring Powders to craftily enhance the natural pigmentation of the hair and replace its sheen , and Henara has now added a Hot Oil Conditioner to this hair-care collection , which is especially useful for injecting life and gloss back into devitalised hair after the stresses of summer . |
| 5 | The tapetum is so useful for seeing in the dark that some reptiles , moths and deep-sea fish also have one . |
| 6 | The model serves well for interpersonal relationships but is less useful for looking at mass communications where opportunities for feedback are not always present and where the power and resources of the two parties may be vastly disproportionate . |
| 7 | Generally , this method , however , I believe is more useful for studying the human condition than an experimental approach which looks at behaviour as the result of manipulation of variables . |
| 8 | A metal hook at the top end of the handle is used for recovering line from a hole and is also useful for drawing rabbits out of a hole at a distance beyond the length of a man 's arm . |
| 9 | spoon gouge is also useful for hollowing out the nostrils etc … |
| 10 | A separate heat shield is used with the small plate , which is also useful for cleaning walls and upholstery when used with an insert sponge pad and cleaning bonnet . |
| 11 | This line is also useful for pinching on swan shot when I need a heavier indicator . |
| 12 | It is also useful for identifying the virus of type-B hepatitis . |
| 13 | WCS is also useful for testing micro-instruction sequences , before lacing them in read-only storage for permanent use . |
| 14 | A pair of tweezers is also useful for pulling out splinters . |
| 15 | An electric blanket is also useful for keeping you warm at night |
| 16 | This feature is also useful for keeping things in view when you 're on unsteady ground . |
| 17 | An electric blanket is also useful for keeping you warm at night , but remember that for reasons of safety nearly all electric blankets ( with the exception of some modern overblankets ) need to be switched off before you go to bed . |
| 18 | The method is particularly useful for determining the average relative molecular masses of polymers and other macromolecular substances . |
| 19 | Still image work is particularly useful for encouraging an audience to become active ( see also the discussion of " Forum theatre " which follows , and Chapter 7 — " Developing the work towards presentation " ) . |
| 20 | LIFESPAN is particularly useful for controlling the design stage since the actions emanating from design reviews can be expressed simply and clearly in terms of modifications to specified modules and packages . |
| 21 | The product of the reaction is derived from the target mRNA , and the technique is particularly useful for identifying 5'-terminal cDNA sequences . |
| 22 | It is particularly useful for paying fixed amounts such as club subscriptions and insurance premiums . |
| 23 | This is particularly useful for making sure that the positioning of single motifs , large electronic or intarsia designs and so on is not affected by the armhole or neck shapings . |
| 24 | It is particularly useful for dosing grease traps and routine drain treatment and , despite its improbable description , is safe and effective . |
| 25 | This is particularly useful for adding explanatory graphs to otherwise incomprehensible sets of figures before printing out . |
| 26 | The chart is particularly useful for detecting when information about action completion is not available and when an action is required which is not triggered by information from the situation . |
| 27 | There are effectively no vibrational selection rules , so the technique is particularly useful for detecting vibrations that do not appear in either IR or Raman spectra . |
| 28 | A plankton net ( see drawing ) is very useful for catching very small animals in ponds or streams , and a small aquarium net is useful for transferring animals from one aquarium to another . |