consolation

It will not be much consolation for Shell that rivals, too, have their share of problems trying to do business in Iraq.

It was no consolation to Miss Elizabeth that she was losing weight.

I lived here for a while and learned how beauty is the consolation of every past empire.

As a longtime journalist, I feel some consolation to see the connections between the reporters they were and the writers they became.

If there was any consolation, it was that the glacial pace of nature would give us decades or even centuries to sort out the problem.

I was trying to say to John then that it is a game of football. It does not sound much consolation at the minute.

Their consolation, if you'd listen to, is no more than such that it's not your fault and things would have been worse if it had been them.

The little consolation I can find is that, at the end of her life, I was able to spend time with her again.

It has given me great consolation and delight to see such a vivacious younger generation.

You slink home with your $100, having only the small consolation of knowing that at least you did the rational thing.

it has been a continual consolation in the face of life's hardships, my own and others', and an unfailing well-spring of tolerance.

Others seek consolation in the fact that an iPad can't open a bottle and assess whether or not its contents are up to snuff.

Mm, not so much. Hey, if it's any consolation, You happen to be the illegitimate half brother Of the guy we do care about.

It's been a bit of a consolation for missing the World Cup.

The only consolation was that Gauguin seemed quite taken with the Sunflowers.

Lisa: Actually, I don't know anything about him. I'd like to think he's highly skilled. That would at least be some consolation.

Fanny's best consolation was in what he said and this was not quite sufficient to do away with the pain of her inner heart.

From the absoluteness of the "me" a great deal of religious consolation can be spun.

I don't pride myself on it, but it's a small consolation that I was able to take at least five pictures.

If there's consolation, it's that the terrorist assets now known to exist were not used as effectively as they might have been.

There was something so commanding in the distress of the old man, that Heyward did not dare to venture a syllable of consolation.

Another book which he turned into English was The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius, one of the most famous books of the Middle Ages.

He would repeat the word "Yeomen" as if it afforded him consolation.

To him, his religion was a warmth and a consolation; but to the rest of his family it was something rooted in fear.

I thought that after coming second in so many of his subjects, Charlie ought to have been given a consolation prize at least.

As a so- called " wasting asset " , it has tax advantages , and there is always the consolation of drinking the asset if the price falls .

The only real solution is to do something, anything, but that's small consolation when a project is taunting you with its unfinishedness.

It is paltry consolation that such a strike, taking out a city or two, would not cause the devastation of a nuclear war between superpowers.

The children were a great consolation to him when his wife died.

I felt his excuse was no consolation for the expense I shall be put to.

But the bank found consolation in Thailand's growing sales to its neighbours and to "new" markets farther afield.

For boys and girls of all pay, and that even the little boys are little consolation to pay upon the arm of one of the girls.

American officials are trying to find a consolation prize for Bulgaria, the runner-up, which says it would like a base too.

that child is looking for consolation from his mother.

Then I would still have this consolation- my joy in unrelenting pain- that I had not denied the words of the Holy One.

I am in this boring in the palace could be the only beauty to show off, but now even this point that there will be no consolation!

I can't help feeling like it's some sort of consolation prize for not letting me in his life.

If it's any consolation, though, the Libyan people would be more than happy to send the colonel to Siberia for his retirement.

You say, friends of the opposite sex between sister brother love is just a self-deceiving self-consolation.

Vice presidents , they note , often get a window seat at their bullpen desks, a sort of consolation prize for having lost an office .

It was a poor consolation that France had been forced to admit its own bankruptcy in the same year.

I hope it may be a consolation to you know that he was respected and admired by those who knew him.

Often in past times , when the flesh was more stubborn, had she found strength and consolation in his very mediocre sermons.

This a very tough fight. But the consolation is that people around the world are trying to be with us.

This book was a great consolation to me at a period full of paroxysms and misery .

The only consolation is those who insist on the painful truth are nicer people than ones who hold up a flattering mirror to themselves.

Until recently, the party's only consolation was that its rival, the LDP, was even less popular.

The move was interpreted by some analysts as a consolation prize for Israel after Bush told Olmert of his opposition to an attack on Iran.

AS HE settles into life on the back benches, Liam Fox has the consolation of a partly, though not wholly, salvaged reputation.

Her only consolation was to sit in her little garden and fling her arms round the pretty marble statue which was so like the Prince.

For our black stallion, his consolation is a nice rub down and groom from his remaining females.

Therefore, I advise both of you to persevere patiently and turn to Almighty Allah for consolation.

One small consolation for New Delhi's seemingly complacent policymakers: India will at least by then have overtaken the UK.

Ultimately, he finds consolation in his relationship with his loyal dog, Fox, and in a sect known as the Elohimites.

Premier Wen Jiabao urged the survivors to "turn grief into strength" and build a new hometown as an act of consolation to the dead.

If it weren't for a consolation to Buddha, I would have become a fly flew away.

Money is no consolation when you don't like your work, ie does not make up for not liking it.

if so sadness, looking for a corner or blanket just cry, no need others sympathy and consolation , life still go on happy after crying.

Although it is no consolation for the Japanese, their shrinking trade surplus contributes to the growth of the rest of the world.

The only consolation about being caught by an Ocelot is that you never see them coming.

I would have offered consolation during his final hour, if I'd been really listening, thinking and in tune with the Infinite.

That is no consolation if it is really preferable to receive nothing at all than to receive a newsletter.

Slovakia got a consolation with the last kick of the game when Robert Vittek netted from the penalty spot.

As a consolation prize he became the chairman of Gazprom, the company he had created.

He want to kiss your consolation, Ming, hold their own, forced to hold oneself, in her little lips to a passionate kiss, a long kiss.

Your company has been a great consolation to me.

In turn, there is consolation in realizing that our case is only one of the thousands.

Do not need warm, do not torture, do not need consolation, I just wanna u give me a smile, my pretty boy.

Some americans once gave familiar manual product "award" , in the huge motor roar, become better than nothing "consolation prize" .

If it's any consolation, we're not the first humans to go cellular.

The system was vile and corrupt, and it was only a small consolation when the Soviet Union boycotted the Los Angeles Olympics.

Although the visiting team scored two late consolation goals, the result of the gane was never really in doubt.

But only a minority will find as much consolation in quantum physics as in the prospect of reuniting with their dearly departed in heaven.

He adores and appreciates those great souls from which he obtains spiritual encouragement, consolation and resonance.

He urged the survivors to "turn grief into strength" and build a new hometown as an act of consolation.

If it's any consolation, I can think of five Nobel laureates in economics with helpful suggestions.

The immutability of God is a strong ground of consolation . . . and encourages hope and confidence.

Among Clinton's potential consolation prizes: the veep slot and absolution of her campaign debt.

Fanny treated Bows with constant cruelty and injustice. She turned from him when he spoke--she loathed his attempts at consolation.

We try our luck anyway but are shown away without so much as an offer of a cold one as consolation.

Well, there are still some consolation prizes. We can go up to the front and pick them up.

The child cries out when from the right breast the mother takes it away, in the very next moment to find in the left one its consolation.

Fame and position, option, it is just a secular heart of consolation.

An anonymous benefactor stepped in to provide the money of the consolation prize.

High school students flunking biology might take some consolation in knowing that most of their teachers would be, too.

The prize of our high calling is a sufficient consolation for us. The rewards of obedience make us scorn the scorning of the scorner.

The consolation of life is education. Professional education, learned education, moral education and spiritual reflection and enrichment.

It releases peaceful and relaxing fragrance , and its consolation and inflammation diminishing is beloved by people.

but for the world's already nervous oil markets, those plans could prove to be little consolation. Ben Thompson, BBC News, Kuwait.

The male Rich2Gers enjoy at least one consolation: A majority of women prefer to marry a wealthy heir.

Such knowledge, however tardy, may provide some consolation for the loss of her brother, Oliver (car crash), four years earlier.

This is not the familiar story of a traveller from the West finding spiritual consolation in Eastern religions.

The little GIRL is a great consolation to her parents.

Her consolation can be that some men have this complex in a more extreme form.

It is a consolation to know that the successor surely carry on the cause for which he strove so faithfully all his life.

Sitting still and looking out, he could take some slight consolation in the few hundred dollars he had in his purse.

You are a consolation to me at such a sad time.

Since the past one month, I have been running up and down fetching consolation prizes.

Along the way he cites an eclectic library of consolation: Homer, the "Mahabharata, " Native American rituals, medieval sagas.

When humans die, many religious relatives have the consolation of their belief in an afterlife.

Before I left the contest, I gave Linda my Star Trek cardboard cutout as a consolation prize .

If it's any consolation, I think you really did help your kids.

Hence in this game you could win a consolation prize even if you lost the main event.

Only it could make people convinced, make people believe the principle in which life karmas , giving people consolation and faith.

Consolation was most likely to occur between chimpanzees who already had valuable relationships, Fraser added.

When we offer ourselves to the benefit of others, we grow. We feel a sense of accomplishment. Such feelings bring joy and consolation.

Some names of Jesus invoke fear as we consider his might and power; other names of our Lord bring comfort and consolation to us.

The evidence is compelling and makes it likely that consolation behavior is an expression of empathy, " de Waal said. "

Cheap peanut butter is little consolation if you're out of work, or if you haven't had a raise in five years.

The consolation that you can get is to relax yourself by watching your favorite TV shows, being led by your favorite actors.

As a guest in a strange land for five years in succession, his letter was my only consolation.

The firm got a consolation prize in December, when it bought Compellent Technologies, another data-storage firm, for $960m.

The court victory brought little consolation to Xu Shilian, one of the plaintiffs, who runs the village store.

In such a doctrine there is, to my mind, no vestige of comfort or consolation .

An old maid has one consolation: she can never be a widow no matter who dies.

The only consolation is that Haiti now has a huge aid network in place. This may make it easier to contain the outbreak.

Your best bet is to first listen to the story and offer consolation and a hug, if needed.

Those physical suffers are all "worldly possessions" , the most heartfelt consolation must come from the healing of the soul.

Most Russians grumble about their lives, but see "international prestige" as a consolation prize.

If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of charity, if any society of the spirit, if any bowels of commiseration.

At least you weren't hurt--- that's one consolation.

Come, sweet friend, and pour a word of consolation in the poor lion's ear, who has but a short time to live.

As a consolation gift, Mr. Bohn bought his best man a seersucker suit for his birthday.

It cannot be the end, the meaning, and the consolation of a life.

Those races in which swimmers qualify for the championship and consolation finals in events.

This may not exactly be a consolation; in fact, it may bring more sorrow to you.

But some consolation for the opposition was that for the first time it won over 5m votes.

The consolation has long been America's higher material wealth, commonly believed to stem from generations of increases in productivity.

Took off his heavy winter clothing, facing the March genial spring, dressed in warm sunshine, going out alone to find spiritual consolation.

If it's any consolation, take comfort in knowing that you have more company than you can imagine.

I trust you may find happiness and consolation, and I hope I may meet you again in happier circumstances.

The succor is a great consolation to the victims of the deadly earthquake in Sichuan.

The best consolation to the dead is continuing to live courageously and positively.

For both adults and children, philosophy is a balm, a consolation, an instrument and an inspiration.

Small consolation to a teenager who has fallen out of love for the first time.

Would to heaven that any thing could be either said or done on my part, that might offer consolation to such distress!

and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel: and the Holy Ghost was upon him.

It sacralized the real world and spurned the old habit of finding consolation in the sky.

Your company was a great consolation to me.

But in some ways the journals help us understand Gray's obsessive confessional impulse and his haphazard snatching at spiritual consolation.

Even if He should never give them consolation, yet they would continue to praise Him and wish always to give Him thanks.

friendship is a wanderer songs of the night sky, so that people who have no access to spiritual consolation.

Your kindness was a consolation to me in my grief.

The Vatican said in a statement that Pope Benedict had "listened to their stories and offered them consolation. "

Consolation, warmth and happiness that families bring to us can alleviate our pressures and encourage us to overcome all difficulties.

There were pressures also within the family that may have prompted the actress to take drugs for consolation.

The bitter and painful emotions of grief and resentment more strongly require the healing consolation of sympathy.

Cech also felt winning the FA Cup had provided some consolation after the disappointment in Europe and the title race.

Nicklausse resumes her appearance as the Muse and encourages the poet to find consolation in his creative genius.

But he who prophesies speaks building up and encouragement and consolation to men.

It is some consolation that we have been gaining some ground of late, private sector in particular.

Our happiness with them is a great consolation and comfort against the older years when many a couple grow lonely.

Previous researchers have claimed that consolation had no effect on stress, said de Waal.

"Well, it's no use talking about it now, " said Sam "It's over, and can't BE helped, and that's one consolation"

Therefore, the process, I understood that he used to own a reason for consolation.

The child became her only consolation.

The Blades pulled a goal back late on, though it was little more than a consolation - albeit deserved for their persistent effort.

none taken . if it ' s any consolation.

Women may take consolation in the finding that men are subject to other types of evolutionary pressure.

Everyone has the capacity to help others. We can help others through our sincere appreciation, encouragement, consolation, and guidance.

yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, that more glorious triumph.

The aesthetics of European cities offer the consolation of the past's grandeur but seldom the adrenalin of future possibility.

Coach Robertson told Jed he could swim on the relay team, but that offered little consolation.

But Aunt Isabella was younger than papa, ' she remarked, gazing up with timid hope to seek further consolation.

After her husband died she had only the dog for consolation.

If Alice is under constant surveillance in the physical world, it is small consolation that her online activities are secure.

Fail at hardball, or its more extreme derivations, and you may not even have the consolation of having fought a decent fight.

Mr Cowen's only consolation is a favourable shift in views of the European Union's Lisbon treaty.

She could go there after anything unpleasant below, and find immediate consolation in some pursuit, or some train of thought at hand.

My only consolation is the piece of thumb still stuck between my teeth.

Mr Kaminski was promptly given the new group's leadership as a consolation prize.

This to her was a poor consolation.

However a Qin Dynasty is still a consolation course.

Shehad the misfortune to witness her daughter Polyxena, her sole consolation in bondage , sacrificed at the tomb of Achilles.

A friend when you ascend an escalator, is injured when a consolation, is an umbrella when the storm hit, was a soul-stirring song!

She had felt peace and consolation after having read the words in the sample booklet.

Yet Ben's account brought consolation to a grieving family. Their daughter was safe in Heaven. And they would see her again.

In other words, it's not for the pious, the blindly faithful or those seeking tepid consolation.

The widows, seeking consolation, now married men of the Irish garrison.

Having said these words they disappeared, leaving St Francis full of consolation.

Water represents consolation and is linked to winter.

I do not deserve, even with no consolation to you.

Judith had scarcely attended to this rude attempt of Hurry's consolation .

"That seems very poor consolation, " said one of the plants in the room, that grew in a pot.

Does the response of the four other strings offer consolation, or despair?

And he had earthly consolation and affections also.

A consolation of failure should be lessons learnt from the experience.

There was, however, a small consolation.

Buffett consolation numerous well - known investor ice-cold heart.

Paula looked so stricken that I had to offer some consolation.

Can there be any consolation at the last moment?

The Pope offered consolation to those in Haiti suffering in the aftermath of January's earthquake and the recent cholera epidemic.

But it is only small consolation for Rio.

Male couch potatoes dragged to the film against their will may find some consolation.

It was a poor consolation indeed!

When love fades, the jilted may seek consolation in the thought that there are plenty more fish in the sea.

Michael Ballack urged his team-mates to forget about their defeat and take consolation in winning the FA Cup against Everton on 30 May.

In all, 10 countries competed this time around, with host England finishing fourth after losing in the consolation match to China.

The only consolation is that it could be much worse.

The only consolation is that one then marches up to A, gives them a rocket and watches them squirm.

Robert Huth's 82nd minute half-volley was only a consolation for Germany, completing the scoring in a 4-1 defeat to Italy.

That she is still alive is a consolation.

We need to be angels for each other, to give each other strength and consolation.

Don't worry, limits of the earth where have no grass, invigorate a friend, thank you of consolation, I fell much better now!

This time I won a consolation prize again, haha!

but given the size of some of those outfits, this is not much consolation.

Verily, he is not indignant at their modes of consolation and ingratitude.

The morning after her death, Reuben Butler went to offer his mite of consolation to his old friend and benefactor.

But kiss me out of desire, babe, and not consolation.

Money is no consolation when you don't like your job.

For we have[ b] great joy[ c] and consolation in your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed by you, brother.

When Job fails to find consolation among the people, how does he handle his situation?

THERE is one consolation for the depressing instability of finance.

That Britain was still well off in absolute terms was scant consolation.

Thus I found consolation even on a lonely snowy night !

He found himself at a loss for words of consolation.

Yet, this is no consolation to those who are cheated of their hard-earned money by poor quality schools in the pursuit of knowledge.

So Mr Semel has had to content himself with consolation prizes.

His letters of advice and consolation entertained me vastly.

It is a consolation to know that they will surely carry on the cause for which Edgar Snow strove so faithfully all his life .

Masturbation is seen as sex consolation, a kind of lacking remedial mode for human relationship in American culture.

Your correspondent's one consolation is that he is not alone in using easily crackable words for most of his passwords.

more consolation provided than a father. . . what is the relationship beyond all above?

He had earthly consolation and affections.

I got many letters of consolation when my mother died .

It's a small consolation, but does that feel like something positive, a way to give back?

For the perfectionists among us (and most of us are perfectionists, are we not? ! ), this is little consolation though.

You like S but she doesn't like you. So what do you think of me? Who am I ? Am I your consolation prize?

Admittedly, the IMF was not alone in failing to interpret the underlying facts that triggered the crisis, but that is little consolation.

They're a great consolation to me.

4 sedative analgesics consolation injured, as appropriate, the use of stability, dolantin .

The government got many telegrams and letters of consolation when the President died.

It also subsidises the purchase of consolation gifts to hospitalised staff.

Because Yi snow doesn't need consolation, don't absence the additional people's almsgiving.

Getting third prize was poor consolation for all their hard work.

But woe to you who are rich, for you have received your consolation in full.

In this solemn hour it is a consolation to recall and to dwell upon our repeated efforts for peace.

A child to? children, and teachers in the consolation.

This isn't only a poor consolation.

One small consolation, say the commercial banks, is that Spain's unlisted savings banks, or cajas, are generally doing even worse.

Get yourself a diamond credit card as consolation.

Wall Street, however, may draw some consolation that about two fifths of all Apple revenue is derived from outside the US.

The only consolation is that Haiti now has a huge aid network in place.

The only consolation in this is if we go on and win the secondary one.

Which when they had read, they rejoiced for the consolation.

Consolation: The act or an instance of consoling.

The consolation for eastern banks, at least, is that they can learn at the west's expense.

But that is scant consolation to Democratic candidates facing difficult races at the mid-term elections in November.

This slang term refers to silly fools, not irritating ones, but that can't be much consolation for Gore.

I tried to give him consolation.