| Just last year, after decades of frostiness, there were indications from Beijing that it may forge diplomatic ties with the Vatican. |
| Its boss, Charles Bolden, had to seek a special dispensation to talk to his hosts. The frostiness is beginning to affect research, too. |
| There was none of the frostiness I would have expected in many British hotels. |
| Inside the cab, however, a terrible frostiness has descended. |
| The frostiness of the relationship has raised speculation that the Government will consider abolishing the licence fee in its forthcoming review of the BBC's charter. |
| If not hostility, there had been frostiness from many spectators to the Scot before that point. |
