1.   But prolonged Serb resistance and continued fighting in Kosovo could confront the alliance with problems for which there is no immediate military answer.

2.   Even Britain draws the line at sending in NATO troops in the face of a well-armed, organized Serb resistance.

3.   For the most part, the three-day Croatian assault has met little Serb resistance.

4.   He drew a distinction between sending in ground troops against tough Serb resistance and sending them in after punishing NATO bombing had taken the fight out of them.

5.   Intense pressure from the United States, and a stirring of Serb resistance, stopped the Croatian and Bosnian advance west of Banja Luka.

6.   It might be sent even if Belgrade did not agree to the presence of NATO forces in Kosovo, though probably not in the face of determined Serb resistance.

7.   Albright met separately with Serbian President Milan Milutinovic Monday, but without making any apparent headway in breaking down Serb resistance to the use of NATO forces.

8.   Both U.N. and Bosnian army officials said there had been very little Serb resistance.

9.   But it likely would find stiffer Serb resistance elsewhere.

10.   But developments seemed to confirm word from U.N. officials and Bosnian army sources that Serb resistance to the government-Croat offensive has stiffened in the past two days.