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The phrase "are only instructed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when indicating that someone is given specific instructions or guidance, often implying limitations on what they are told to do.
Example: "The trainees are only instructed to follow the safety protocols during the exercise."
Alternatives: "are merely directed" or "are solely guided".
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are only instructed
adverb
Without others or anything further; exclusively.
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We are only instructed to ignore Early Malcolm and look instead to Real Malcolm, the Malcolm of education and knowledge and empowerment and pride.
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As for the cueing conditions, participants with the minimum number of moves predetermined (cue) could solve more trials than people who were only instructed to solve the problems in as few moves as possible (non-cue).
Subjects were only instructed that they were required to perform successful movements in order to complete the experiment.
For contextual variables, coders were only instructed to find and record applicable data.
The nursing staff was only instructed to taper off FiO2 as much as possible.
was not specified; subjects were only instructed to brush as usual.
In the latter group, the blood-pressure-lowering effect was more pronounced than in the group that was only instructed to eat a diet rich in vegetables and fruit.
Please note that the distinction into SMAup/PHCdown and SMAdown/PHCup blocks was done post-hoc, i.e. the participants were not aware of this distinction and were only instructed to up- and down-regulate the feedback signal (see Section 2 for details).
It was only when he instructed his librettists to create the character of a poor servant-girl, Liu, who commits suicide rather than betray the opera's hero, that he was able to continue.
But we were only successful after instructing Alexa to "order Batman".
For example, when deciding whether a defendant is guilty, jurors are instructed to consider only whether the evidence establishes beyond a reasonable doubt that he in fact did what he's accused of.
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