The phrase "a certain usefulness of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the specific benefits or advantages of something in a general or vague manner.
Example: "In our research, we found a certain usefulness of the new software in improving productivity among team members."
Alternatives: "a particular benefit of" or "a specific utility of".
For landing, such information only has a certain usefulness, however, as the automated touchdown can only be targeted with a best precision that will likely run to hundreds of metres.
For landing, such information only has a certain usefulness, however, as the "hands-off" touchdown can only be targeted with a best precision that will likely run to hundreds of metres.
The study of the electric effects on the Young's modulus of nanostructures is of certain usefulness in the design of NEMS and the precise measurement of mechanical properties of one-dimensional nanostructures.
Interestingly, while the two statistical approaches using stage progression (multiple regression and two-way ANOVA) managed to prove a certain degree of usefulness, the studies using two class comparisons did not.
A certain type of author.
He writes, "The question of whether other systems are 'like' human language is a question about the usefulness of a certain metaphor" (Chomsky 1980, 434), and he argues that the structural principles, manner of use, and ontogenetic development of ape symbol use is so different from human language that any analogy between the two would be very weak.
The results of in vitro antibiotic susceptibility tests can only predict the expected in vivo efficacy of the antibiotics, thus they only indicate the potential usefulness of a certain antimicrobial agent in the therapy.
People always talk about the usefulness of certain technologies — to me, a technology is useful if you can make good literature out of it.
While the argument is valid in some cases, what is overlooked is that the confirmation, as well as the refutation, of the usefulness of certain biomarkers was performed in a large cohort of individuals, in contrast with the smaller samples used in the original evaluations.
Here was a hospital questioning the usefulness of an old and hallowed practice.
