11.   The troubles of the rich and powerful are scant comfort to people like Bodil Jiarabanpot though, as he heads back to his home town to start over again.

12.   The underlying trend, though, may provide scant comfort for investors.

13.   Which is scant comfort to Hartford fans.

14.   Yoga exercises have failed to calm his frazzled nerves, and deep breathing offers scant comfort.

15.   Patten offered scant comfort.

16.   A traffic management plan that closes most downtown streets to individual cars offers scant comfort, he said.

17.   The facilities are warm and dry but the vast dormitories provide scant comfort and no privacy.