It is rather a question of nipping in the bud any vague desires which nations might have to oppose the destruction of their identity.
So there is never even that chance which they used to have of nipping across safely.
I hope that that approach will not be obscured by too much rhetoric about nipping trouble in the bud.
More children will be nipping home at dinner time, particularly those with a long distance to travel.
Surely, we should focus on crime prevention and nipping crime in the bud.
We undoubtedly need a systemic approach that addresses and resolves the causes of the problems, nipping incipient problems in the bud.
We need a systemic approach that addresses and resolves the causes of the problems, nipping incipient problems in the bud.
Far from nipping bad behaviour in the bud, the present youth justice system perversely reinforces much bad behaviour.