Sentence examples for useful acting from inspiring English sources

Oldham made himself useful, acting as musical assistant and arranging Variations on a Theme by Frank Bridge for full orchestra for the Frederick Ashton ballet Le Rêve de Léonor (1949), but he later described the teacher pupil relationship as "beneficial five per cent to [Britten] and ninety-five per cent to me!" Throughout the 1950s Britten continued to write operas.

He understands that his administrative skill is more useful than acting as a soldier, and earns the respect of the people under his control by not being unduly harsh with punishment and embarking on negotiations with the Scots.

This finding is also supported by those of the qualitative interviews, in that GPs reported that the prompts were useful in acting as a reference tool (for information relating to the NICE guidelines in RTI), a tool which could support their decision, and a tool which could help in persuading patients to accept advice.

A UK dad is offering up the services of his toddler, who has one very useful skill -- acting as a human alarm clock.

"The nation's water systems have entered a rehabilitation and replacement era in which much of the existing infrastructure has reached, or is approaching, the end of its useful life," EPA acting Administrator Robert Perciasepe said in a statement.

The combination of slow pharmacokinetics and a broad therapeutic window is useful for systemically acting drugs.

Elizabeth Weinstein's Shakespeare with Children is useful for beginning acting.

Frida, undoubtedly useful to Ruth, begins acting in increasingly suspicious ways.

And it has proved useful when she left acting to become an impresario and producer, one of the most influential in the business.

Jones was particularly useful on the play, acting as a wall between Johnson and the last man to beat: safety Dawan Landry.

It is also argued that A-levels should mainly be about teaching teenagers interesting and useful things, rather than acting as a ready-made filter for higher education.But, as the current row over A-grade students being refused university places shows, A-levels work increasingly badly as a way of sorting the bright from the average.