"There's still time for North Korea to avoid sanctions actually taking effect if we can work out something on the nuclear inspectors," he said.

Quietly, they say, states are doing their best to avoid costly sanctions.

It told them that to avoid sanctions they had to go to a class on how to fill out the paper.

He has also set up a program for companies to disclose bribes they paid in order to avoid sanctions.

Re-exportation can be used to avoid sanctions by other nations.

But some experts say states are quietly doing their best to avoid sanctions.

Q. Do you think you'll be able to avoid sanctions?

They can do this purely to avoid criminal sanctions.

We should avoid economic sanctions at large that would hit the population.

It would oblige a bank to pass tough statistical tests in order to avoid sanctions.