With iterative activities (24c) such as nibbling, to take a nibble denotes one subevent of nibbling (a semelfactive).
State recognition of the value of forest resources led to a nibbling away of the previously 'empty and unexplored' interior.
Competitive markets abolish themselves, which is perhaps why the government stuffs the private sector's mouth with gold - to keep it nibbling around the edges and providing 'competition' for electives.
The stalemate is occurring in the centre and the nibbling is taking place on the flanks.
I consider that it is only nibbling at the problem of the highways throughout the country.
I know that if one allows nibbling into the green belt one may slightly reduce the amenities of these places for those living there already.
It is on the trade routes of the world that this nibbling is most likely to occur.
In facing the world with that ferret at its back, all that it is aware of is that the ferret is nibbling at its hindquarters.
