1.   A new field of activity seemed to be opening up for him if only he had the courage to grasp the nettle.

2.   Mr. Thornton and Mr. Taylor grasped that nettle.

3.   Since impacts are the product of population numbers and consumption, all nations should grasp the nettle of eventual zero population growth.

4.   The community has also grasped the nettle of the unemployment argument for development.

5.   We need to grasp the nettle of prison reform.

6.   He immediately commands attention by grasping the nettle of the difficulty that the lord feels in combining the apparently opposing demands on his natural gifts.

7.   Down in Alcester they have grasped the nettle.

8.   Mrs Bottomley later dismissed suggestions that she had failed to grasp the nettle.