Sentence examples for half a useful from inspiring English sources

Leicester Square Theatre, WC2, Sat Winning the BBC new comedy award may not be a guarantee of fame, but it isn't half a useful leg-up.

The Cherry and Whites have a decent-enough pack capable of giving their fly-half a useful platform and possess enough pace out wide to worry anyone.

A: Not half is a useful phrase, huh?

Tim Westergren, a Pandora co-founder, says the database now contains half a billion useful points of "contextual feedback".

Brick slabs are half a brick, useful for building.

QR codes have always been a kind of half-measure, a useful but inelegant transitional technology; the ultimate goal is augmented reality.

Picking a pedagogical focus for each half term is a useful approach: last term I focused on the impact of refining different questioning styles.

The half squat is a useful exercise for stretching the inner thighs.

Fortunately, Mr. Nava seems to be an optimistic, even-tempered man, the glass-half-full type, a useful trait in the tough world of independent filmmaking.

The half-pupil is a useful intermediate step between the full-pupil and divided-pupil configuration.

Wyeth sells consumer and animal-health products, which could help diversify Pfizer's revenue base (though it also suggests that Pfizer erred in selling its well-regarded consumer-products division to Johnson & Johnson, an American rival, two years ago).This deal is a useful "half step" forward for Pfizer, says Charles Farkas of Bain, a consultancy, but no more.