Example sentences of "pair of [noun] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have two Blue Acaras and eight Angels , and will be adding a plec , a pair of Nannacara anomala and two pairs of Flag Cichlids . |
| 2 | As a special offer , we 've got 35 pairs of Sweat Jeans to give away . |
| 3 | Gunn stands out , not only because of the colour of his three pairs of work trousers , burnt-Sienna , but because of his industry . |
| 4 | One day we see not one , nor even one pair , but two pairs of sea eagles lift off from the cliffs under which we are paddling . |
| 5 | Eight pairs of sea eagles attempted to breed in Scotland this year , with four pairs successfully rearing a total of five young . |
| 6 | The yellow silk square that Steve had given him was in his back pocket ; eight boxes of buckshot in each saddlebag ; binoculars in his combat jacket ; two rolls of inch-wide parcel tape ; fifty feet of light line ; steel hammer and hall a dozen steel spikes ; spare combat jacket and two pairs of jungle trousers ; for night work , black cotton roll-neck , black tracksuit bottoms and black cotton gloves ; slacks and a light jumper for Mariana . |
| 7 | An undercarriage was fitted with two pairs of rail wheels , and two or more road vehicle bodies were fixed on top . |
| 8 | It was normal for pairs of waggon doors to face each other on opposite side walls of the barn ( Plate 2 ) , but in some barns the threshing floor could be approached only from one side , there being a blank wall opposite . |
| 9 | For example , Kuroda and Mio ( 1989 ) have measured the relative acceleration in free fall of pairs of test bodies : aluminium/copper and aluminium/carbon . |
| 10 | To hire of two pairs of golf shoes — free of charge |
| 11 | There are a few examples in other structures of pairs of carboxyl acids within hydrogen bond distance of each other but no other example of a cluster of four carboxyl groups as in R2 . |
| 12 | We find this subgroup has precisely 12 patterns and one of them F 2 R 2 F 2 R 2 F 2 R 2 = ( F 2 R 2 ) 3 has the particularly simple effect of exchanging the positions of two pairs of edge pieces ( UF , DF ) ( UR , DR ) , as shown in Figure 7 . |
| 13 | These include three gold roundels , two pairs of gold earrings , a gold and a bronze torque and the basalt head of a bearded man . |
| 14 | The greatcoat was of the same colour as the tunic , with gold-piped collar , red-faced lapels , and five pairs of gold buttons . |
| 15 | Figure 5 shows eight pairs of DNA histograms of crypt epithelia of FAP cases . |
| 16 | Figure 6 shows the pairs of DNA histograms in the eight SCRC cases . |
| 17 | And what we did we created a framework first of all with six pairs of opposites pairs of opposites and er if you remember this happened in a fairly slow and methodical way very much a left brain activity saying well okay is this a valid pair of opposites to do with that . |
| 18 | Lydia and Betty were the first to arrive and were met by two of the farm dogs — one charming , one not , like pairs of detective inspectors . |
| 19 | The three pairs of mill stones have gone . |
| 20 | One would assume that they might but Kurt Benirschke and Margaret Sullivan , while at Dartmouth Medical School in New Hampshire , could not find a single egg in the 47 pairs of mule ovaries that they examined . |
| 21 | A crouched burial at Laugerie-Basse in the Dordogne had pairs of cowrie shells on each upper arm bone , two each on the forehead and either foot and four disposed around the knees and thighs . |
| 22 | San Diego Zoo expressed interest in buying two pairs of hoolock gibbons from him — but has since reassured IPPL that the sale will go ahead only if the animals are genuinely captive-bred . |
| 23 | Taking items at random , for 17 shillings one got a ‘ good inch elm Coffin , smoothed , oiled , and finished with one row round of black or white nails , a plate of inscription , four handles , lined and pillow ’ ; whilst for £9 one could buy the pièce de résistance , a ‘ 1½ inch Oak Case , covered with superfine cloth , finished three rows all round , and six ornamental diamonds , with best nails , lead or brass plate , glory and urn , four pairs of cherub handles , and four dozen rays or stars ’ . |
| 24 | Another effect of finite is to raise the degeneracy by which all symmetrically placed pairs of sideband modes reach threshold simultaneously . |
| 25 | There are thought to be less than 200 pairs of Barn Owls in the Thames and Chiltern area with 45 in Oxfordshire , 35 in Gloucestershire , 38 in Berkshire and 19 in Buckinghamshire . |
| 26 | After a century of population decline , only 4,000 of Britain 's estimated 25,000 pairs of barn owls live in the wild . |
| 27 | Pairs of jump instructions were provided to transfer control to the left- or right-hand instruction of a specified store location . |
| 28 | As they sat in the kitchen , Jonadab glanced across at George and remarked , ‘ While we 're a bit slack afore haytime starts , Aah thought as 'ow thoo and me could deliver them two pairs of shires ti Stephen 's . ’ |
| 29 | The police are scattered around the area with several pairs of squad cars and at least three Black Marias . |
| 30 | Outside a heavy mist obscured everything , and the departing Khans and Noyons went accompanied by lantern bearers and pairs of Merkut guards against the interference of revellers who might forget their manners . |