are approximation only vs are approximate only

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• EUR figures in the present Decision are approximations provided only as indications.
• Concerning the Mediterranean, we have objected to a reductionist approximation that only talks about security.
• This approximation remains valid only in so far as the many underlying assumptions are confirmed by the facts.
• Formulas only give approximations, averages based on models.
• In the report, the second expert frequently reiterates that the parties submitted data that did not match or that were not precise enough, constituting only an approximation.
• That is why the development of a genuine area of justice has been mainly governed by the principle of mutual recognition, with approximation of substantive law only in some particular areas.
• (7b) Such an approximation could be only achieved by setting both minimum and maximum rates through the establishment of a code of conduct which guides the Member States to converge their excise duty rates subject to the principle of subsidiarity.
• Accounting estimates by their nature are approximations that may need revision as additional information becomes known.
• The approximation of national legal provisions is only the method of achieving the objective.
• The only step that MS would agree to take towards approximation in 1992 was to set minimum rates for each category of alcoholic drinks.
• I must explain this is only a rough approximation, General.
• Only harmonisation, or at least a greater approximation, of commercial diesel taxation will put an end to those distortions of competition.
• Women - and not only women - await concrete changes and approximation of procedures in all Member States.
• The Commission would point out that the Directives only allow for favourable tax treatment at this stage of the approximation of the fiscal do not prescribe it.
• The only reference I made was about the possibility of approximation of criminal law, and there I think we have no specific legal basis in the Treaty.
• We will only succeed if we accept the difficulties faced by universities in implementing this policy of approximation and if we help them in this new experiment.
• The unit value index may be used as an approximation for non-domestic output prices and import prices only if there is no significant deterioration in quality compared to specific price information.
• Such an approximation of legislation would be necessary only if any third-country national admitted to a Member State were permitted to work in any Member State.
• The Tampere European Council of 15 and 16 October 1999 actually called only for an 'approximation' of national legislation in this area, but not for the replacement of national rules by EU rules.
• "I conceive, therefore, that a somewhat comprehensive socialization of investment will prove the only means of securing an approximation to full employment."

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• For the purpose of making trade mark registrations throughout the Union easier to obtain and administer, it is essential to approximate not only provisions of substantive law but also procedural rules.
• I welcome the creation of the European Asylum Support Office, since it is vital to approximate not only the laws but also the practices of the Member States.
• The exchange rate used is only approximate (EUR 1 = SKK 38) and the figures in euro are included only for information purposes.
• We've only got approximate T.O.D.
• This information provides only an approximate guidance on probabilities as to whether microorganisms will be susceptible to telithromycin.
• The information below gives only approximate guidance on the probability as to whether the micro-organism will be susceptible to doripenem or not.
• Initial estimates suggest that the total losses could be in excess of EUR 30 million, although this is only an approximate guess.
• Moreover, estimates for future budgets can only be approximate, particularly as there are many ways of calculating budgetary balances, and they rely on a number of working assumptions.
• On the other hand, the weighing device of the product under investigation provides only an approximate indication of the weight with a substantial margin of error in some cases.
• Hence, it is not possible to draw any meaningful conclusion with regard to the level of trade intensity in the ceramic industry, and for the brick industry there is only the approximate value referred to in recital 76.
• Figures for the number of companies are approximate.
• The figures referred to derive from that assessment and are approximate.
• Figures provided here are approximate.: around 400 from 13 EU Member States and 14 Third States.
• All the financial forecasts of beef consumption and exports are approximate, since they do not take into account the consequences of the recent outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease.
• That only gives me an approximate location somewhere in Hackney.
• Weekly or monthly averages are only allowed as approximate rates to the actual rate of the date of transaction if exchange rates do not fluctuate significantly.
• Even if we have only one side, if we can approximate the spin as it was fired...
• A great effort has been made to adhere to the chronological events of this action, but due to the poor visibility we are only able to approximate positions.
• I feel that Europe must gradually approximate Member States' legislation and only accept mutual recognition where a genuine agreement cannot be achieved.
• In both cases, the proposals to approximate rates were amended by the Council which kept only the principle of the minimum rate.