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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Brussels brings cold comfort to sheep farmers.
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But this opposition misleads; charisma is cold comfort without expert management.
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It's cold comfort , of course, when there isn't much of a market to have a share of.
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It is actually much easier than appearances would suggest - cold comfort when it looks impossible!
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It was cold comfort , all right.
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Mellor's self-styled heroics were cold comfort for his team leader, John Major.
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Precedent, however, suggests that his comments will offer only cold comfort to Mr Jiang and Mr Li.