They notified the health agency that it "is in material breach" of its contract.

The current impasse over material breach has its roots in 1998.

"Just because there's a material breach doesn't mean you bomb them the next day."

However, the question that we must ask is whether a material breach has occurred.

It will say clearly that Iraq is in material breach.

It dealt with the matters of material breach and substantial performance.

Paragraph 4 of 1441 then set two clear tests for a further material breach by Iraq.

There had been a debate in the administration over whether to label the latest Iraqi failure a "material breach."

He said any Iraqi effort to block such interviews would be considered another material breach.

Therefore a material breach in urgent cases does give the parties the right to take appropriate measures.