Today we have certainly entered a period of crisis, when the arguments of 'normal times' no longer apply, when considerations of most immediate usefulness come in.

In particular, the syndicates that paid for their construction generally had them broken up for scrap (often quite valuable scrap) after the boats had outlived their immediate usefulness.

But the greatest irony of all was that its most probable immediate usefulness would be that it would make possible certain nuclear experiments it wasn't safe to make on Earth.

He knew, by now, that the chances of any immediate usefulness coming out of the alien machine were infinitesimal.

He had not anticipated that she would grow more fond of him than his immediate usefulness warranted.

The courses were Linguistics-based and were designed to be professionally relevant in a broad sense, though they included much that made no claim to immediate practical usefulness.

But then, "thank you" is generally of less immediate usefulness than "sorry".

Unfortunately, the lack of support for other mobile platforms puts a damper on its immediate usefulness.

Immediately it was apparent how the new technology, the chemical film plate, was of immediate usefulness.

Keep a record and we'll talk more about alertness tomorrow" For once, Margo could see the immediate usefulness of the lesson.