The phrase "a combination of a cold" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing symptoms or conditions that involve multiple factors, such as a cold and another illness or condition.
Example: "She was feeling unwell, experiencing a combination of a cold and allergies that made it difficult to breathe."
Alternatives: "a mix of a cold" or "a blend of a cold".
The cause, Mr. Picca said, is a combination of relatively cold temperatures aloft and warmer air to the east.
The plant has hired an outside microbiologist from the University of Washington School of Public Health and Community Medicine to review the plant's five-year-old system that uses a combination of heat, cold and organic acids to neutralize or kill pathogens.
A combination of flooding, cold weather and poor light levels in southern Europe is said to have created the "perfect storm" of poor growing conditions.
A combination of the cold water current from the Arctic and the warm water of the Gulf Stream have created a huge number of marine habitats here.
If you're like most, your alumni experience is most likely a combination of emails, cold calls, and snail mail asking you for money.
On their return journey, Scott and his dispirited comrades all died from a combination of extreme cold, exhaustion and starvation just eleven miles from safety.
Probably a combination of the cold, dehydration, not boozing, and being active outside all day, but I have to think the Korth's supremely natural food was a big part of it.
However, a combination of cold SST's, strong wind shear, and merging with a cold front caused the storm to become an extratropical cyclone at 0900 UTC on September 11, while located about 85 mile south of St. Lawrence, Newfoundland.
Here we present a case study of a 57-year old Dutch national, Wim Hof, the so-called "Iceman", with the ability to withstand frequent prolonged periods of extreme cold exposure based on the practice of a self-developed technique involving a combination of forced breathing, cold exposure and meditation (collectively referred to as the Wim Hof Method, henceforth "WHM").
The instrument uses a novel combination of a cold and a thermal guide to fulfill the diverse requirements for diffraction and SANS.
