Sentences with phrase «grasp the nettle of»

«No one wants to see the huge job cuts and punitive interest rates which followed their inability to grasp the nettle of difficult economic decisions.»

Cameron has to grasp the nettle of the union, that means creating a proper federal united kingdom.

Malcolm Trobe of the ASCL head teachers» union supported the government for grasping the nettle of unfair regional differences in funding.

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So far, structural reforms that could lift this long - run average rate have been most evident in peripheral economies, with little sign in key core economies (such as France) of the necessary political will to grasp this nettle.

«For the sake of our football club, the board must grasp the nettle.

Mkhitaryan hasn't been getting into a team that has been crying out for the kind of pace and invention he can offer when he is at his best because he hasn't grasped the nettle.

Michelle Mitchell, charity director at Age UK, calls on government to «grasp the nettle» of palliative care.

We can only hope, like one of our readers, that Treem, a modest man of retiring disposition, is ready to forsake the broad acres of his establishment and able to grasp the sharp nettles that grow along one of the Department of Defence's quieter corridors of power.

Of course, it could be argued that the antidote is to grasp the nettle and deal with the issue.

That you must have personal regrets regarding the decades you have participated in climate science is an unavoidable inference from your writings — might it not be best to grasp the nettle and reveal at least some of those regrets, and the scientific reasons for them?

A lot of people still haven't grasped this nettle (in their thoughts).

But rather than shying away from engagement, or under - emphasizing the dangers we face for fear of scaring people away, the green movement would do better to grasp the nettle with both hands, but do so in a manner that is conducive to promoting Flow.

Where the judge is satisfied he has all the relevant material before him and that the parties can argue the point fully, he ought to grasp the nettle and decide the point, since the question of whether or not there is a reasonable prospect of success will depend on the result of the construction issue.

It remains to be seen whether the House of Lords will grasp this nettle and consider the case for radical reform.

Where the judge is satisfied that he has all relevant material before him, and that the parties can argue the point fully, he ought to grasp the nettle and decide the point, since the question whether the claim has a reasonable prospect of success depends on the answer to the question of construction.

The mediation community has been encouraged by the repeated remarks of government ministers and other leading figures, expressing their determination to promote mediation.But this will not happen unless the government grasps the nettle and makes mediation compulsory — or alternatively, unless mediation undergoes a major marketing makeover.

Expectations are high, but we must grasp the nettle and meet the challenge of modern client expectation head on.