We now know that willpower is a finite resource, and we only have so much willpower to go around.
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General Motors and you only have so much money to spend on marketing strategy, where are you going to spend it?
But Minnesotans only have so much to worry about on that front.
You only have so much mental energy, according to John Tierney and Roy Baumeister, authors of the book Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength, so use it on the right things.
So there are milestones along the way here, because we only have so many days between now and August 2nd to decide whether we are going to press forward and achieve a significant deficit reduction deal or not.
Homebuyers have only so much to pay toward a mortgage, insurance and taxes.
Is it because we have only so much listening in us, and so many very important things to tell our-selves?
Only political anoraks have so far taken any interest in the mechanics of selection procedures, and the casualties have been small fry.
Doctors can have only so many patients, lawyers only so many clients.
Only 30 candidates have so far been selected in the target seats but the process is expected to be completed by the summer.
But my dirty little secret is that I don't particularly enjoy birding in Central Park and have only done so once or twice.
Of over 2, 200 climbers who have made it to the top of the world's tallest peak since it was first conquered, only 19 have done so via this route.
In any case, as we said, this is a short process you'll only have to undergo once, so the only thing that really matters is that you can get it to work.
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Successive British governments have not funded any astronaut activities, and so the only Britons to get into space so far have done so by becoming US citizens and joining the American space agency, or by getting on a private programme of some kind.
So far Romania is the only European country to have done so.
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Some 74% of U.S. employers already offer employee wellness programs, but these have had only a modest effect so far, because few employees have chosen to participate.
"We have only had six days on track so we still have work to do and things to learn about the new bike, but we are starting in good shape, " said the 31-year-old, with six MotoGP titles.
Of the large software firms, only Netscape and Corel have so far pledged full support.
The expectation was that we had six medal chances, but we have only delivered one so far.
He's the only player to have done so, the Rangers said when they signed him, citing the Elias Sports Bureau.
The only concern that I have so far is the names of the two roasts that are going to be released.
US-based Bree is the only Irish swimmer to have so far qualified for this year's Olympics but his place in Beijing is now in doubt.
Management is betting that these regions possess the most upside when the commercial housing sector finally rebounds, if only because they have fallen so far from the peak.
It should come as no surprise that China was able to become the first country in over two decades to conduct a successful ASAT test, thereby joining the United States and the former Soviet Union as the only nations to have done so.
Broader wholesale businesses selling to registered retailers have also been allowed, though Metro of Germany is the only company to have used this route so far.
Nearly 3, 000 farmers have been told to leave their properties, but so far only about 500 have left despite threats of fines or jail for ignoring the eviction order.
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