Example sentences of "useful [noun sg] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are a useful alternative for small companies whose overseas operations are limited , not warranting the expense of direct involvement . |
| 2 | A style is , therefore , a useful shorthand for various bits and pieces of behaviour that , taken together , give a discernible pattern . |
| 3 | Polyploidy may enhance adaptability , and is regarded as useful preadaptation for stressful environments ( Löve and Löve , 1974 ) . |
| 4 | This provides a useful reference for future work , since the DC is not removed from LIFESPAN . |
| 5 | Braille is a particularly useful tool for probing predictions from different models because it depends on fine discrimination of raised dot patterns , and a rule system of contractions . |
| 6 | The existence of A level courses may be seen not simply as a useful tool for individual pupils who may want to go further in their education ( or have a certificate to show that they have not left school till they were l8 ) ; but as a measure of the standard of the school itself . |
| 7 | Jeff Wright of the National Research Council 's Institute for Marine Biosciences ( IMB ) in Halifax , Nova Scotia , believes that the discovery of this toxin could prove to be another useful tool for molecular biologists studying cell regulation mechanisms . |
| 8 | The best conclusion that one can draw is that the objectives model provides a useful tool for certain purposes , especially the basic levels of knowledge and skill acquisition , but that is should not be used exclusively nor without judgement . |
| 9 | ABWOR is a useful peg for piecemeal extensions of publicly-funded representation . |
| 10 | He came back full of the experience and made us all quite envious , but he was able to see first hand what went on at the business end of the oil industry and picked up some useful knowledge for future reference when dealing with the oil men . |
| 11 | His is an attempt to put emotions firmly back into studies of social behaviour and he concludes that catharsis is a potentially useful mechanism for psychic health , and that repression of emotions produces instability . |
| 12 | Limonium sinuatum and various grasses — briza , lagurus , phleum , among others produce a useful harvest for interior decoration , and there are many more . |
| 13 | Restorative proctocolectomy is a useful operation for ulcerative colitis , familial adenomatous polyposis , and some diseases where colonic function is severely disturbed . |
| 14 | But masked first-person narrative turns out to be deflected stream of consciousness — ‘ He was not really afraid ’ will only transpose into ‘ I 'm not really afraid ’ flitting through his head as he passes the landlady 's open kitchen door — so that the past tense collapses into the present , and we find we have put our finger on something pertinent to the novel 's urgency and attack and ( to borrow Andrew Forge 's ugly but useful key-term for late Monet ) its frontality . |
| 15 | Useful book for new fans . |
| 16 | The progressive stage-by-stage reform of trade union legislation shows a more useful model for modern government . |
| 17 | A very useful intuition for semantic analysis is that of entailment . |
| 18 | A useful foil for bright flowers . |
| 19 | For knitters , a cone covered with a simple shaped piece of knitting and given a hanger , can be hung near the machine as a pretty and extremely useful container for small tools and accessories . |
| 20 | Many compounds present in dictionaries are extremely rare ( e.g. whirligig beetle and ruby spinel ) and their storage would serve little useful purpose for normal text processing . |
| 21 | It was nearly 20 years before Cade 's discovery was reinvestigated and found to be a useful treatment for maniacal patients . |
| 22 | Pesto ( Italian basil and pine nut sauce ) is delicious tossed over hot pasta , and it makes a useful substitute for fresh basil in a vinaigrette dressing . |
| 23 | Perkins also includes some useful material for experimental physicists such as stopping power and multiple scattering formulae and definition of radiation lengths . |