Example sentences of "[coord] a pair " in BNC.

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1 Old school is a back-to-basics reaction to the sportswear industry 's increasing reliance on pink and pastel , splash and spray , an apparent brainstorm which has forced people who have no desire to look like an explosion in a paint factory to search in discount stores and back-of-beyond sports shops for the design classics of the recent past — nylon Adidas track tops with the simple three-stripe design on each arm , or a pair of shell-toed trainers .
2 With compression fittings you need a pair of spanners — either open-ended ones to match each size of fitting you 're using , or a pair of adjustable ones otherwise .
3 If you sent me a single orchid , or a pair of
4 If we can find a process that affects only one piece in a face , then the commutator of that process with that face gives a 3-cycle of a piece , or a pair of flips or a pair of corner twists , depending on whether the process moves , flips , or twists the piece .
5 If we can find a process that affects only one piece in a face , then the commutator of that process with that face gives a 3-cycle of a piece , or a pair of flips or a pair of corner twists , depending on whether the process moves , flips , or twists the piece .
6 For a suggested minimum of £35 to Will Aid , they will draw up a simple will — or a pair of similar wills for couples , for £50 .
7 one expect to be comfortable if he is wearing a belt two inches too tight or a pair of shoes two sizes too small ?
8 If he drew a chair or a pair of boots he managed to convey the effort of production that went into them , as if he had shaped them and fitted them together himself .
9 Slippery seaweeds abound on most shores , and the choice of footwear is either gumboots , or plimsolls or a pair of old strong shoes .
10 WHEN shoppers buy a bottle of shampoo or a pair of shoes , they spare few thoughts for the environmental consequences .
11 Neither the gun nor the money had ever been found , nor was there any forensic evidence linking Kearney to either a hat , a bag or a pair of shoes found at the scene .
12 The Italian thinks that if he can ever sing Puccini the climax of his life has been reached ; but even so , with all the omissions that can be charged against Italy — such that as a musical country she ceased to exist after the seventeenth century and has certainly reached deliquescence with Messrs Malpiero , Pratella and Co — she even now does produce from time to time singers who are not merely singers but great artists , as Battistini who , at over 60 , is an example for those who can take it of the extent to which a voice can be preserved in all its beauty when it is used as a musical instrument and not as a fog siren or a pair of nutcrackers . ’
13 This dividend register will be the register which holds the product in multiplication , made up of the accumulator extended on the right by an MQ register ( on a computer with a single accumulator ) or a pair of adjacent accumulators ( on a computer with an array of accumulators ) .
14 For this reason , some computers have further instructions to deal with such operands , held either in a " double-length " accumulator ( the combined accumulator and MQ register , or a pair of adjacent accumulators ) or in two consecutive store locations .
15 The gift presented should be one of value and usefulness for setting up home ( so that she is not disappointed ) , perhaps with a memento of her bachelor days , such as a cassette by her favourite pop singers , but inside a container gift which is a joke , e.g. a silver cake slice , or selection of kitchen implements , or telephone address book , plus cassettes in the bottom of a pair of large man 's football socks ( the correct size to fit her husband to be ) , or a pair of pillowcases embroidered ‘ his ’ and ‘ hers ’ .
16 Or a pair of full-length curtains could be hung from a pole across the wall in front of the bow , framing the windows by day and closing off the alcove at .
17 A much more satisfactory method is to reduce the bushy foliage by about a third with a sharp knife or a pair of scissors .
18 The three eldest girls , Agnes , Sarah , and Nancy only worked infrequently at pressing , as if perhaps to get some cash for a new dress , or a pair of shoes , but possibly to assist the family in times of particular money shortage .
19 It was a zip-up pocket intended for golf balls and perhaps a pipe or a pair of gloves .
20 A coach 's kit consists of a pain-relieving cold spray , a couple of medium width crêpe bandages , a roll of adhesive strapping , a roll of micropore tape ( for securing injured fingers and toes ) , some adhesive tape , a few pieces of gauze , absorbent cotton wool , a package of baby-wipes , a roll of toilet paper or kitchen towel , some steristrip closures , waterproof plasters , an eye-pad , some pain killers and a pair of strong scissors .
21 But the conflict between the grotesque and the melancholy never obscures humour : Surrealist objects like a tea-cup made useless by fur ; and a pair of white shoes , presented on a platter with heels bound like the legs of a roast chicken in frilly paper .
22 You 're the winner of our July competition and will receive a wide selection of goodies from Burton Mc Call including a Karoo tent , a Snowfox sleeping bag and a pair of Trezeta Vajolet leather walking boots .
23 ‘ Away with prettiness — I like the solid masculine appeal of the library , ’ Gene says , citing a console table with faux marbre top , an Arts and Crafts hallstand ( £195 ) and a pair of heavy curtains , 10 feet long , in a stunning neoclassical print , for £95 .
24 Typical of the stock are six chairs in Regency style but dating from the 1950s , for £850 ; and a pair of delicate late-Victorian rosewood chairs at £85 each .
25 Alison arrived in what she described as her ‘ old school tights ’ and a pair of Jigsaw hotpants .
26 We 're also giving away a cosy pair of totes Toasties — unique mittens for feet , with treaded soles — and a pair of gloves to keep you both warm on your flight .
27 He keeps canaries , diamond doves and a pair of quails .
28 He keeps canaries , diamond doves and a pair of quails .
29 A few days later Kiley Puma , Suzy 's eighteen-year-old daughter , found two motorcycle helmets in a laundry basket in her mother 's apartment , along with an empty vodka bottle and a pair of Seth 's pants .
30 Suddenly she realised that another pair of hands was piling rugs on and a pair of feet treading them down .
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