Others hope a new generation of leaders could yet grasp the nettle.

Now the time had come, Mr Quinn declared, to grasp the nettle.

Please, Minister, grasp the nettle and introduce a range of repressive anti-smoking measures.

Nobody in authority seems willing to grasp the nettle for once and all.

Unlike Ireland, it failed to grasp the nettle and is suffering the consequences.

It's time to grasp the nettle and get Britain a better line of credit.

Therefore, the Government must grasp the nettle and legislate.

ACE must be bold and grasp the nettle.

Even so, he decided to grasp the nettle.

With the euro zone crisis having subsided and confidence gradually returning, the banks can now grasp the nettle.

But we need to grasp the nettle and take the first step to deal with them, Leung said.

The BBC Trust has to grasp the nettle of switching the licence fee over to a voluntary subscription.

You can afford to grasp the nettle over an emotional matter, but it's important you keep your cool!

Will you grasp the nettle firmly?'

The government needs to grasp the nettle and introduce legislation to make the buying of sex a criminal offence.

We could but have tried; but Raffles preferred to grasp the nettle and salute Mackenzie with a pleasant nod.