1.   The US government says it is willing to resort to force if necessary in order to secure the release of the hostages.

2.   All three players know that resorting to force would bring disaster, however.

3.   Commentators debated whether Chretien had acted rightly or wrongly by resorting to force to press his way through the hecklers, who were protesting cuts in unemployment insurance.

4.   He fired the entire government several times, often for little apparent reason, and damaged his democratic credentials by resorting to force to solve political disputes.

5.   The government explains that it resorted to force only after it uncovered rebel arms caches outside Chiapas.

6.   The government has vowed to keep order without resorting to force.

7.   These militiamen, who have been rearming and making periodic raids into Rwanda, can be expected to resist violently if the Zairean troops resort to force.

8.   According to some accounts, the Palestinians resorted to force to press their demands for a better offer from Israel.

9.   But the government has so far refused to resort to force to break the strike.

10.   He also asked Fujimori not to resort to force without advance notice to Japan.