Example sentences of "[conj] only [art] minority " in BNC.
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| 1 | A place is private and this offence can not be committed where only a minority group of the public are admitted . |
| 2 | Thirdly , there is a group of institutions where only a minority of students are on advanced courses . |
| 3 | More than a decade after the introduction of legislation against sex or race discrimination , it remains true that only a minority of senior business executives are women or members of racial minority groups . |
| 4 | Information collected about the relatives of cancer patients showed that only a minority have anything more than superficial contact with the staff caring for the patient , and a number of these relatives would have welcomed an opportunity to share their anxiety , not only about the patient but about their own feelings ( Bond , 1982 ) . |
| 5 | After a review of its operation in 1977 it became clear that only a minority of patients referred from the other hospitals were being successfully rehabilitated and that St Wulstan 's had become another long-stay hospital . |
| 6 | Mortality data indicate that only a minority of such deaths occur in ‘ the executive male ’ . |
| 7 | However , it should be noted at this stage that only a minority of elderly patients are heated by the geriatric services . |
| 8 | The proportion has now soared to two-thirds — DHSS figures for 1982 show that only a minority , 713,700 , exist on the £25 a week unemployment benefit alone — 2,612,000 " top up " with supplementary benefit , and another 1,428,500 depend on supplementary benefit alone . |
| 9 | Although the finding of a colorectal stricture in ulcerative colitis very appropriately raised concerns of cancer , all studies including our own indicate that only a minority of these strictures are in fact malignant . |
| 10 | It is well known that only a minority of alcoholics are afflicted with clinical pancreatitis and the issue of individual susceptibility to alcoholic pancreatitis has recently been reviewed . |
| 11 | Infection of the fallopian tubes must remain the most important cause of infertility today , although only a minority of cases will be due to gonorrhoea . |
| 12 | However , although only a minority affected by it develop microcephaly and other conditions associated with mental handicap , it is common and attempts have been made to develop a vaccine which would prevent potential damage . |
| 13 | So , although only a minority of people deciding about credit reckon that its cost is of primary importance , insofar as they do consider the cost of credit they are very much more likely to be swayed by the amount of each instalment and the length of the repayment period than by other cost factors . |
| 14 | Disapproving comments , however , although only a minority view , were expressed with much greater emphasis : |
| 15 | Although only a minority of parties were favourable to the Left , it was that minority which was most active at Party conferences and in political propaganda in the country . |
| 16 | Rock is n't the art form of the chattering classes and only a minority of its practitioners have any expertise in elucidating a rigorous conceptual rationale for their work . |
| 17 | Bournville , the community that has grown up around Cadbury 's Birmingham factory , is widely regarded as a company town , although from its foundation it has been open to people who do not work for the company and only a minority of the residents now have any link with Cadbury 's . |
| 18 | It should be stressed that this complication is rare , and only a minority of cases go on to develop long-term problems . |
| 19 | This has been recognised in particular by UK companies , and only a minority of large UK companies do not now use graphical means of data presentation in their corporate annual reports . |
| 20 | The majority of obese individuals will have one parent who is overweight , and only a minority would be the offspring of two obese or two thin parents . |
| 21 | On average , both sexes achieve 80% of the employment rate in the general population over 16 years , with no reduction in working hours and only a minority reporting prolonged sick leave . |
| 22 | Indeed , in the first series of patients only 72% were bleeding from varices , haemostatic treatment was not uniform and only a minority were treated with sclerotherapy . |
| 23 | If only a minority class , then it will probably still be a road but if otherwise , generally not , unless it is a ‘ public place ’ . |
| 24 | Wages rose with inflation after the war to £8 a week but only a minority of players on a club 's books received this . |
| 25 | WORLD recession is blamed for the problems in our own economy but only a minority of people in the country accept that . |
| 26 | People , after all , are often involved in disputes and difficulties with their relatives , but only a minority commit suicide . |
| 27 | Most of the southern states score particularly badly on economic discrimination , but only a minority do so on the third and none do on the first . |
| 28 | So called keyhole surgery is being hailed as the way most operations will be carried out in the future but only a minority of surgeons can actually do it . |
| 29 | Moreover , because only a minority were able to leave the centres at will , this policy further aggravated the social divisions within the group . |
| 30 | In practice though only a minority actually take the plunge and turn armchair fantasy into reality . |