1.   A cooler customer, it is suggested, would somehow have sought and found a diplomatic solution.

2.   Efforts are being made to avert war and find a diplomatic solution.

3.   The Kremlin is still insisting on a diplomatic solution to the crisis.

4.   It would, according to the Portuguese government, undermine the search for a diplomatic solution to the problem.

5.   Fascism is all about violence and there is no diplomatic solution to it.

6.   Although the U.S. has increased its military presence in the Persian Gulf, it has also shown a willingness to seek a diplomatic solution with Iraq.

7.   American, British and French officials outlined possible elements of a diplomatic solution.

8.   Although Turkey has repeatedly stated its willingness to accept a diplomatic solution, its official statements have also maintained a vaguely threatening air.

9.   And for three years we and other nations have worked exhaustively to find a diplomatic solution, only to have the dictators reject each one.

10.   And at a crucial juncture, he called on ties with Russia to help facilitate a diplomatic solution.