Sentence examples for useful theoretically from inspiring English sources

The characterizations (a), (b) and (c) are useful theoretically; in practice, (a) is applicable only for small n, mostly (n=2).

Unified cognitive architectures such as GOMS and Soar, derived from artificial intelligence, have proven useful theoretically, but too detailed for general application in design.

While this distinction has been useful theoretically, it is increasingly recognised as problematic (see Emslie et al [ 27] for a full discussion).

"The big scientific ideas that changed the world were often far removed from practical, let alone commercial, applications... but there is no justification for taxpayers' money being used to support research which is neither commercially useful nor theoretically outstanding.

In his speech, Cable said he supported the idea of blue-skies research, but argued that was no justification for taxpayers' money being used to support work which was "neither commercially useful nor theoretically outstanding".

"I support, of course, top class 'blue skies' research, but there is no justification for taxpayers' money being used to support research which is neither commercially useful nor theoretically outstanding".

At its most basic, this traditional species concept, useful for theoretically dividing up life into groups is flawed for a number of reasons.

Outlining the coalition government's vision for science and research, Cable will call for scientists to abandon work that is "neither commercially useful nor theoretically outstanding" as part of the UK's austerity drive.

In his first major speech on science and research, business secretary Vince Cable called for scientists to build links with industry, commercialise more research and abandon work that was "neither commercially useful nor theoretically outstanding" as part of the UK's austerity drive.

He acknowledges that the concept of a literary work forms part of ordinary language and is useful in theoretically undemanding contexts, but he also argues that it is a self-contradictory construct that creates many pseudo-problems for literary theory.

(Head nurse) The partograph was seen as a useful tool theoretically, but staff doubted its practical utility.