11.   Only two months ago, the United States threatened to seek sanctions against North Korea in a reprisal for its refusal to permit international inspection of its nuclear sites.

12.   Other aspects of the deal call for the North to freeze its nuclear program, dismantle some of its facilities and permit continuous inspections of existing sites.

13.   Selsberg said a good real estate contract should include a clause permitting an inspection of the property by a home inspection expert or engineer.

14.   Saddam must be forced to permit weapons inspections or be removed from power.

15.   Since then, no inspections have been permitted, except for a routine International Atomic Energy Agency check of known nuclear material.

16.   Six years ago, even two years ago, bombing might have made Saddam permit real inspection again.

17.   That is to give him time to persuade the party to endorse an Irish Republican Army offer to permit international inspections of its secret arms dumps.

18.   The chances of Saddam permitting full inspection are zero unless the council finds the backbone, or the United States provides it.

19.   The legislation would permit the inspections, but it would also impose restrictions that Bustani and arms-control experts have warned would undercut the enforcement of the treaty.

20.   The North Korean military, an important constituency for the new leader, recently said it would never permit inspections of some sensitive sites.