Object

• bit: No quarter given, non expected, bit of niggle here, bit there.

• concern: Our only niggles concern the Canon menu system, which is just too esoteric for our liking.

• problem: Completing the top five is skipper Ryan Sullivan, who has suffered all sorts of niggling mechanical problems so far this year.

Modifying Another Word

• aside: Minor niggles aside, the record has many fine moments.

• tho: That niggle aside tho, this is a classic movie and well worth seeking out.

• that: However, there are some graphical niggles that let the side down a bit.

• little: One, slight little niggle, I to am having problems with some of the headings.

• only: Our only niggles concern the Canon menu system, which is just too esoteric for our liking.

Followed by an intransitive particle

• aside: The writing is concise yet detailed and, a few little grammatical niggles aside, very neat and tidy indeed.

Used with why or when

• that: Are you storing up any little niggles that could develop into problems down the line?

• when: I know it's not a serious program, but this niggles when everything else is so good.

Infinitive complement

• iron: There are a few niggles to iron out, but we would expect the system to go live within the next 6 weeks.

Present participle complement

• relate: This new model and initially some niggles relating to ITV and BBC multiplexes doing something with MHEG.

Preposition: in

• back: There'll always be that niggle in the back of my mind about it coming back.

Preposition: of

• life: But there were many others dealing with the niggles of army life as encountered by these mainly volunteer or conscript soldiers.