Other officials said the army alone now keeps about 40,000 troops in Chechnya.

It is not clear whether these sales alone keep his books on the best-seller lists.

"You alone kept me from concluding that Germany had gone insane."

This alone kept him deep enough in ivory to make an easy living.

His reputation alone kept the locals well away from it.

He had family, she thought, and still kept so much alone.

That business alone kept me in all the luxury I needed.

Spite and selfishness alone kept me from beginning on them long ago.

Pride alone kept her from falling to the cold stones.

The business side of things alone keeps everything in motion.