But Washington stopped short of calling for economic sanctions to force him to change course.

Above all they are calling for sanctions to be relaxed.

In the end, the reason for sanctions is moral, not practical.

The losing party has a right to appeal any order for sanctions in the higher court.

If they don't, it will be time for international economic sanctions.

And that, he said, gives a chance for diplomacy or sanctions to take hold.

If the conflict continues, the time will have to come for sanctions.

All the opposition is asking for economic sanctions to be applied.

She has asked for sanctions and we, I thought, were going to respond.

And there seems to be little stomach for sanctions either.