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

2. 11 Grasp the nettle and it won't sting you. 

3. We need a government that will grasp the nettle.

4. Grasp the nettle and it won't sting you. 

5. Alternatively, I could grasp the nettle and go for a thorough reworking.

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

7. The government now has the opportunity to grasp the nettle of prison reform.

8. The government will have to grasp the nettle. If they don't, the traffic congestion is going to get out of control.

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

10. When the right hon. Gentleman came to that office, he had the opportunity to grasp the nettle of prison reform.

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