Voorbeelden uit tekstcorpus voor nip in the bud
1. All the necessary action will be taken to nip in the bud any attempt to overthrow the constitutional structure.
2. It will endorse the stationing of police officers in schools, where they can "nip in the bud" bad behaviour.
3. Members of Brownђ‘s gang want to nip in the bud any idea that Miliband might be a future candidate for the leadership.
4. They are accused of sending militants to fight in Iraq and plotting a bomb attack which Italian police managed to nip in the bud.
5. A high–level meeting held at former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee‘s residence on Monday evening had decided to nip in the bud growing dissention by adopting a pro–active approach.