It would make matters so much simpler, but Vasiliev wasn't prepared to count on luck alone.

"I wouldn't count on this effort alone to reverse skyrocketing obesity."

Just don't count on exercise alone to cover your calories - especially when you're packing away too much, too often.

And yet the company is at a crossroads, no longer able to count on growth alone to fuel its success.

"Just make sure you've got other healthy lifestyle habits you can't count on tea alone to prevent cancer."

Cabinet ministers here said dozens of protests flare up daily throughout the country, with 38 counted on Friday alone.

"You have what sounds like a good idea," he said, after listening carefully; but good ideas alone count for very little.

He couldn't count on her going home alone, of course, but nothing ventured, nothing gained.

But the investment plan it has created does not count on patriotism alone.

Does he really believe that terrorism in the world can be combated by counting on his country's national defence alone?