1.   He complains, too, that the church party resorted to excommunication to achieve its temporal goals.

2.   Hours before the deadline for the Paris peace talks, the warring parties resorted to deadly firepower to try to gain control of the village.

3.   In the past, when Mexican voters would turn against the PRI, the party often resorted to electoral fraud to hold on to power .

4.   Opposition parties resorted to physical means.

5.   Opposition parties resorted to strikes after the standoff defied international and local mediation efforts.

6.   But he said the party would resort to violence if its objections were ignored.

7.   He said, however, that his party would not resort to violence to achieve its aims, regardless of whether it wins or loses.

8.   Opposition parties resorted to strikes after international and local mediation efforts failed.

9.   But he added his party would not resort to force to settle the dispute.