Sentence examples for they constituted only from inspiring English sources

Coldspots were scarce and equal to 2.4%; they constituted only 0.1% of natural protected areas.

Exotic cover and richness also increased in the combined thin/burn treatment, although they constituted only a very small portion of the total understory.

It was established in 1930 as an autonomous okrug for the Nenets, or Samoyed, people, although by the late 20th century they constituted only about one-tenth of the population.

Women are permitted to run for office, but in the early 21st century they continued to be underrepresented in the higher echelons of government and government services; they constituted only a small segment of the National Assembly.

From 1922, African representatives from Lagos and Calabar were elected to the legislative council of Southern Nigeria; they constituted only a small minority, and Africans otherwise continued to have no role in the higher levels of government.

The absence of circularly shaped rugae among Malaysian males in the current study coincides with Verma et al., (2014) who reported that circular rugae were absent in one Indian population while they constituted only 0.6% of the total rugae patterns in the other studied two populations.

After all, they constitute only 3% of the population.

They constitute only 4% of the population and come from very diverse backgrounds.

These qualities make Asian-Americans desirable to marketers, even though they constitute only 4percentt of the nation's total population.

They constitute only a small part of the industry's total revenues; there are very few problem gamblers.

Although their flowering has been spectacular, they constitute only a few small branches of the entire tree of life.