The phrase "assumes only" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when specifying that a particular assumption is made without considering other possibilities or factors.
Example: "The model assumes only the most basic variables in its calculations."
Alternatives: "takes into account solely" or "considers exclusively".
Austria's "adverse" scenario assumes that commercial-property prices still rise in 2011 and Greece's assumes only a 2% decline.
That assumes only a man can throw off the shackles of social expectation to present something unsavoury as a piece of art.
The government is expected to allocate up to $50 billion to the program, which assumes only a small portion of the homeowners will default on their loans and losses will be limited.
Even more disingenuous, Mr. Bush's projection for a balanced budget in 2012 assumes only partial funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for 2009, and no such spending — zero — starting in 2010.
The Bowles-Simpson plan includes one option that assumes only the lower-income rates are extended and another that ends all Bush tax rates and replaces the tax code with simpler, lower rates and many fewer tax breaks.
Napster assumes only around 5% will sign up initially, but even this would produce big revenues.One of the main sticking points in negotations with record companies so far, according to Hank Barry, Napster's chief executive, has been the question of how to divide this money.
It assumes only local knowledge at each node.
The first case assumes only one synchrophasor package is lost.
In addition, the paper assumes only FAPs with open access.
Chavas, et al. ([2005]) pointed out that equation (6) assumes only well-functioning output markets.
However, PBOA assumes only a single band transmission and is thus naturally penalized by the comparison.
