How To Use Pair In A Sentence
-
A substantial element of the system is the set of physical exercises performed in pairs and again based on the idea of the power of co-operation.
-
It's impossible to look at yourself in a pair of new frames and not see another character.
Times, Sunday Times
-
Davis looked up and gave a signal of approval, and after a quick bow, the pair of messengers was gone.
-
Her desired outcome was a bit of money to help with major structural repairs.
-
I lashed the clothes that I had been brought to wear at the hospital into the bag, a couple of ancient pairs of socks that felt suddenly found and familiar.
-
It takes about eight seconds for a pair of lobsters to copulate; it takes a lot longer to get them into the mood.
-
Upstairs were the bedrooms; mother-and-fathers room the largest; a smaller room for one or two sons, another for one or two daughters; each of these rooms containing a double bed, a washstand, a bureau, a wardrobe, a little table, a rocking-chair, and often a chair or two that had been slightly damaged downstairs, but not enough to justify either the expense of repair or decisive abandonment in the attic.
Chapter 1
-
A repair job is bad enough; but an investment in managerial ego is worse.
MANAGING FOR RESULTS
-
they moaned in despair and dismay
-
The cost of repairing the fabric of the church was very high.
-
They estimate the cost of repairing the damaged roads at ￡1 million.
-
It is touch and go whether the pair will face each other again soon.
Times, Sunday Times
-
One Mercedes engineer estimated that, worldwide, up to 50,000 vehicles may have to be repaired, which is a blow for a company which prides itself on reliability and quality.
The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed
-
Some of the most popular pairings pitted contrasting advantages and disadvantages against one another.
-
A swingle-tree hung at the pole's end, and a second pair of reins was fast to the driver's seat, the four cheek-buckles lying crossed over the wheeler's backs.
Ambrotox and Limping Dick
-
And some soil-based diseases not only cause physical symptoms, but create cognitive impairment too, crippling a child's long-term potential.
Blake Mycoskie: Today, TOMS Asks You to Go 'One Day Without Shoes'
-
These socks are going at one pound a pair.
-
He has the more energy, dynamism and bravura of the pair.
-
The lower mandible, which is powerful, and is indented at its point to receive the hook, has a very sharp edge, which, with that of the upper mandible, constitutes a pair of formidable shears.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891
-
This is a composite image of the 1st pair of pleopods and the outer branch (exopodite) of the right (animal's left) pair that came apart during the removal operation (each pleopod has an outer and an inner branch).
Archive 2007-12-01
-
In the trees a pair of wood pigeons churred away happily.
-
During the search police seized a blue sweatshirt and a pair of jeans.
Times, Sunday Times
-
Without a serial number, a watch cannot be serviced or repaired by an authorized repair shop or the manufacturer.
-
Essential tools include a bird identification field guide, a map of the airfield with a superimposed grid system for locating birds, and a pair of binoculars.
-
Alex was almost speechless with rage and despair.
-
The only recent changes have been trees blowing down and the repair of thatched roofs.
Times, Sunday Times
-
My boots have taken quite a punishing recently I need a new pair.
-
The pet shop clerk had been helpful, showing him an assortment of mice and guinea pigs and even a pair of canaries, but in the end, Enoch had settled on the brown-and-white hamster.
-
And it was Charlie’s indirect responsibility that he committed suicide, thus ending that marriage in acrimony and despair.
Patrick McGrath’s ‘Trauma’ « Tales from the Reading Room
-
They are indeed miniatures, as the entire set of eight take about eight minutes to perform by the pairs of flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, violins, violas, cellos and one horn.
-
Suzy Menkes noted in an article that the jewels the Duchess of Windsor gave Princess Michael included: ‘a gold sunburst suite set with pearls and a pair of emerald panther earrings.’
-
But everything of mine seems so tacky (trouser wise) but luckily, I found a ripper pair in the shop which are simply perfect.
-
There can be few museums in the world whose range of exhibits includes a stuffed, 5ft-long, prehistoric fish and a pair of unworn, extremely expensive, blue cowboy-boots.
-
When social mating systems were dichotomized, extrapair chicks were twice as frequent in monogamous as in polygynous species.
-
His quiet voice was commanding and proved effective as the pair settled down.
-
Stop tinkering with that clock and take it to the repair shop.
-
Sometimes, they can detect the plastic implanted in my abdomen to repair a hernia from a prior surgery, but other times the miss the plastic.
Discourse.net: Former Asst Police Chief Gives TSA a Failing Grade
-
Being able to prevent costly repairs is crucial on such expensive machinery.
-
From the spine, thirty-one pairs of nerves, called _spinal nerves_, pass to different parts of my body; some to the lungs, some to the heart, some to the stomach, some to the bones, and some to the muscles and skin.
Object Lessons on the Human Body A Transcript of Lessons Given in the Primary Department of School No. 49, New York City
-
The base pair ratio, AT : GC , is constant within a species but differs between species.
-
Being victims of their own success, many dime novels and yellowbacks are fragile or in poor repair.
-
At this stage of the Big Bang, the tiny expanding Universe is filled with radiation creating pairs of particles and antiparticles, and pairs of particles and antiparticles annihilating back into radiation.
-
'' Then I got about 30 swings with the regular bat and it felt pretty much the same as swinging the fungo, which is obviously a good sign. '', who had surgery to repair a tendon in his right middle finger Aug. 14, visited his doctor in Arizona on Thursday and remains on schedule to return by late September.
Tsn.ca Top Stories RSS
-
When we moved from pilot to series, the notion of recasting Mitchell, Annie and Herrick was met with wails of despair.
SFX
-
These calories are used to: replenish your glycogen (the way you store fuel in your muscles and liver) and oxygen stores. resynthesize phosphagen (ATP-PC). remove lactate. repair the wear and tear on your muscles caused by exercise (and these patch kits are made up of protein, which is costly in terms of calories). return your increased ventilation, blood circulation and body temperature to pre-exercise levels. hormones exercise induces (which also require protein).
Chicagotribune.com -
-
A pair of suitcases filled with special shower heads for Islamic ablutions , and monumental razors and clippers, poke fun at the needs of the Muslim traveler.
-
The hipster cops are sneering at the two faux surfers: 'I'm all dialed in to see what happens if the pair of rainbow donks actually hit the briny on their unwaxed legs.'
Joseph Wambaugh's latest: Loopy theatrics and lyrical language
-
A rail system can reroute traffic around destroyed tracks, repair sections of damaged rail, or even transfer freight from boxcars to trucks.
-
The original building consisted of a wide perimeter block bisected by a pair of transverse wings to form three narrow internal patios.
-
Try them out with a nice pair of Earth tone flat-front chinos or slim-fit blue jeans, and a classic button-down shirt - tucked in or not.
-
The outer door needs repairing.
-
But in the pro-am before the first Legends of Golf Tournament, Darrell was paired with Sam.
THE LAST GENIE
-
They had to fork out $ 100 to get the lorry repaired!
-
One worker would have suffered fatal burns had he not worn a protective chemical suit which was not routine for repair work.
-
This time all three acts were paired with a work from Debussy – Act I with Printemps, Act II with Trois Nocturnes, and Act III with La damoiselle élue.
Archive 2007-04-01
-
Sick of his persona - delicate emotions paired off with caustic cynicism - he creates a bogus doppelganger to hide behind.
-
She contends that U.S. officials overreacted, rather than dealing pragmatically with adoption procedures in a country where poverty and a long-running insurgency fueled widespread child abandonment, impaired record-keeping, and hampered official investigative capabilities.
Despite Hurdles, Families Pursue Nepal Adoptions
-
On every side my heart is in despair; nor is there any help for my pain; but it burneth ever thus.
The Argonautica
-
A townswoman actually comes to the castle in despair, demanding her child; Dracula sets a pack of wolves on her.
-
Round off the corners with a pair of scissors.
-
At first the duo live in a manner that befits a pair of wealthy American socialites.
The Sun
-
But as if divining his thoughts -- just as they passed through the dining-room door, Euphra looked round at him, almost over Funkelstein's shoulder, and, without putting into her face the least expression discernible by either of the others following, contrived to banish for the time all Hugh's despair, and to convince him that he had nothing to fear from Funkelstein.
David Elginbrod
-
A recent television program on Siamese twins demonstrated how a pair of joined, genetically identical humans had different preferences and quite distinct wills and spirits.
-
It is well known that diabetics and people with glucose intolerance have impaired calcium metabolism.
The Family Nutrition Workbook
-
The police took no further action but it led to a long-running feud between the pair.
Times, Sunday Times
-
She explained moreover that wherever she happened to be she found a dropped thread to pick up, a ragged edge to repair, some familiar appetite in ambush, jumping out as she approached, yet appeasable with a temporary biscuit.
The Ambassadors
-
Then she went to the window and threw it open, looking down with despair at the six-storey drop to the courtyard below.
TREASON KEEP
-
She'd taken to wearing a low-slung leather skirt with a single flap at the front and a pair at the rear, her pouch obvious above it.
-
But surely, I say, there are some people blessed with sunny dispositions - it doesn't necessarily mean they're valiantly trying to stop themselves from sliding into despair.
-
Once inside the plant, the Car Repair Shop removed the brake equipment, renumbered it and it remained in service for many more years before it was scrapped.
-
In deep snow, a pair of gaiters is also useful to prevent snow from cascading over your boot tops.
-
My mind went blank with grief and despair.
-
Joining the four points in pairs by lines gives six lines; pairing the six lines in three pairs so that each pair passes through all four points yields the three degenerate conies.
-
Now guys can finally step into luxury with this pair of stylish thong sandals.
-
He had spoken of being inspired by Sheffield's John and Sheila Sherwood winning medals in the Mexico Olympics, of joining their club and of being given his first pair of spikes by Sheila.
-
I got up and borrowed a pair of Jon's jeans which were the perfect fit.
-
Besides, he caused a general visitation to be made of all the land from Quito to Chile, registering the whole population for more than a thousand leagues; and imposed a tribute [_so heavy that no one could be owner of a_ mazorca _of maize, which is their bread for food, nor of a pair of_ usutas, _which are their shoes, nor marry, nor do a single thing without special licence from Tupac Inca.
History of the Incas
-
The analogical structure and poetical impulse that runs through all of the paired images are even found in the artist's single images such as his Giglio.
-
With these helpful wood floor repair tips you won't have to cover scratches or gouges with pieces of furniture or area rugs.
-
The pair were snapped getting close at the afterparty, above.
The Sun
-
I decided to go for simplicity, and made compote, in the oven, pairing the rhubarb with some raspberries I had in the freezer.
-
Scaffolding has been erected around the tower and repair work will start next week.
-
Jamaerah was barefoot, wearing only a pair of ragged stonewashed jeans, playing an invisible guitar to “Put Your Lights On,” rocking out while coffee brewed, singing his heart out in perfect pitch, wings spread, eyes closed, and an expression of sheer ecstasy gracing his beautiful face.
Surrender the Dark
-
The house is in need of repair.
-
You paired it with jungle red ankle boots and a gold, sequin skully cap.
Rachel Kane: Prom Dresses You're Going to Regret
-
When apparel maker Betabrand created a pair of khaki pants whose back-pocket linings and hems could be exposed to reveal reflective fabric, it expected the pants to be a short-term novelty item.
Beyond Spandex: Chic Styles for Cyclists Take Off
-
Abbey was snapped in a pair of skin-tight jeans just ten days after her daughter was born.
The Sun
-
Reaching out tentatively towards me, he fingered the pair of rings I always wore on a chain around my neck.
-
Staff were faced with a huge mopping-up operation and workmen were called in to repair the roof.
-
Repairing this damage would require at least a decade of relative quiescence, which is nowhere in sight.
Michael T. Klare: The Blowback Effect: 2020
-
The pair were quiet at first as they meandered through the people and streets.
-
I changed into a pair of black bell-bottoms and a white keyhole peasant shirt that had lace on the cuffs.
-
It turned out to be a cheap pair of spectacles with one red lens and one blue lens.
-
In hemichordates, the three adult coelomic cavities are derived from coelomic sacs that form around the gut of the larva (an unpaired protocoel and two pairs of sacs for the mesocoel and metacoel).
-
If the car was parked in her garage, there were the two so-called bodyguards inside the house, plus the children, plus the so-called au pair!
Deadly Intent
-
Ruddy-faced Frank, looking far younger than his 90 years, recalls how he worked with teams of Clydesdale horses, sometimes in pairs and threes for ploughing.
-
This leads to edema and altered microcirculation in the skin, which results in impaired healing.
-
This anthology pairs contemporary stories with folk tales, many of which interpret natural phenomena in the light of local knowledge and lore.
-
Fugro will receive tenders for the repair of 28 slopes and retaining walls in Kwun Tong, Wong Tai Sin and Sai Kung.
-
His brown hair was cut short and messy, and a pair of horn-rimmed glasses balanced on his nose.
-
We went home with a puncture repair kit and six signed copies of my own book.
Times, Sunday Times
-
It's like paying off the mortgage on your house or choosing to lease a new car over three years instead of keeping your old banger with its crippling repair bills.
-
A pair of flies beginning operation in April, if all were to live, would result in 191,010,000,000,000,000,000 (191 quintillion, 10 quadrillion) flies by August.
-
Manchester, " I replied quietly as 500 pairs of curious eyes swivelled round to a pasty-faced outsider. "Manchester!
-
This is a mission-critical application running on two AIX HA pairs.
-
The tape has the advantages of heat resistance, insulation and heat shrink, becoming ideal insulating binding materials for manufacturing and repairing of electrical machinery, transformer and so on.
-
She stood for a moment in her flat sandals, khaki shorts, a long-sleeved white silk shirt and a pair of very black wraparound sunglasses.
BLOOD IS DIRT
-
a severely impaired heart
-
The adventure had a final despairing twist.
-
Vary the story to take in the white collar worker, the ice man let out with the coming of the frigidaire, the clerk displaced for the young graduate, vary it to include, if you will, the "chiseller" and the exploiter, but remembering that suffering, need, idleness and despair play their own part in turning the man who cannot work into the man who will not work.
Canada's Problems in Relief and Assistance
-
As far as repairing a flat on the road, we haven't yet finalized how riders will be able to achieve this.
-
He had been convicted on his eighth impaired driving charge while driving a stolen car, his 18th possession of stolen property conviction.
-
Looking under the door, I saw a pair of orange high-tops.
-
Surgeries such as Cesarean sections, fracture repairs, tumor removals, foreign body removals and cystotomies are all performed at our facility.
-
First came a wonderfully tooled pair of soft doe-skin boots, delicate enough to wear with nice dresses, but sturdy enough to wear in everyday use.
-
This building also repaired tenders in steam days; a much taller section of the roof allowed boilers to be stood on end for riveting.
-
The injectable hydrogels potentially applied in tissue repair are also introduced.
-
The symphonious pairing of syrupy goodness and buttery richness.
Chez Pazienza: Rich Lowry: The William F. Buckley of F**k Talk
-
Friends Khaled and Said work together in a small auto repair shop.
-
there is a possibility that his sense of smell has been impaired
-
For most cutting tasks, the only tool you'll need is a pair of aviation snips.
-
They were crammed with what we term indirect workers—workers on their way to relieve a fellow employee, machine repairers en route to troubleshoot a problem, housekeepers, inventory runners.
The Machine That Changed the World
-
For example, if a unary function is considered as a set of ordered pairs, then the domain and codomain are given by the first and second projections, respectively.
Combinatory Logic
-
Dropping the towel he tugged on a pair of baggy, black jeans with lots of zippers and safety pins on them.
-
Under it she was naked but for a pair of the skimpiest bikini briefs.
HIDING FROM THE LIGHT
-
Each episode features an ever-changing grouping of the main characters in pairs or threes.
-
On the other hand, when armed with a large umbrella or a well-fitting raincoat and perhaps a pair of gumboots, it is possible to enjoy the monsoon rains, and take time out to splash through muddy puddles and wade through waterlogged roads.
-
The first uses what AirTight now alternately refers to as a "vulnerability" or a "limitation" in the 802.11 specification: a shared encryption key called the group temporal key (GTK), shared by all clients connected to the same access point, can't detect an address spoofing attempt (the pairwise keys, which are used to scramble data between a given client and the access point, can).
AirTight defends Wi-Fi WPA2 'vulnerability' claim
-
Shakespeare often wrote in iambic pentameter, meaning five iambic "feet" per line, each "foot" being a soft-hard syllable pair … da-DUM da-DUM da-DUM.
Chicagotribune.com -
-
Beta blockers can impair glucose tolerance, block the symptoms of hypoglycemia and delay recovery from a hypoglycemic episode.
-
When someone seems, by any reasonable standard, so intent on braiding the rope, tying the knot, and hanging himself with it, it's easy to suppose that the best thing to do is to stand back so everyone can have an unimpaired view.
-
feckless attempts to repair the plumbing
-
Oops, sorry, I forgot Chicoutimi was the boat involved in that tragic fire and is still not repaired.
One way to fill blogspace on a pre-long weekend Friday – Liveblogging a PMO background briefing - Inside the Queensway - Macleans.ca
-
In this case the subtenant had covenanted with his landlord that he would repair the property.
-
They worked ten or twelve hours breaking rocks and stones for roadmaking and repairing, carrying heavy loads, performing superhuman tasks.
Rebecca Sieff.
-
Berry, a spool of cotton for Mrs. Wentworth, and a pair of "galluses" for Living Bean.
The Village Watch-Tower
-
I've rooted out an old pair of shoes that might fit you.
-
We ended up buying a GE front-loading pair, and they work like a charm (so quiet -- you can barely tell the washer is on!).
Archive 2006-08-01
-
The cash-strapped councils need the money to plug leaks in school roofs, shore up unstable walls, install modern heating systems, repair cracked, draughty windows and remove temporary classrooms.
-
Work is underway to repair the Taj Mahal's marble facade.
-
With its repair ship, colliers, and hospital ships, it was a forerunner of the Task Force concept used four decades later in another war against Japan.
-
No one is privy to her despair, her chaos, and her shame.
Eating Problems: A Feminist Psychoanalytic Treatment Model
-
A rich cashmere throw, a pair of princess-worthy slippers, and some delish candles will keep her nest well feathered.
-
In superchemistry, scientists are able to precisely control the pairings and interactions of the atoms and molecules in Bose-Einstein condensates.
-
But the club's future is looking bright thanks to the generosity of donators and the repair work carried out by Greenwich Council.
-
A nice pair of jeans with a cashmere pullover sweater and a nice pair of shoes is a good look.
-
Moss allegedly ordered the pair to look for police or traffic officers to attack and "dispossess" them of their service firearms, because the PAC did not have enough weapons to wage its armed struggle.
ANC Daily News Briefing
-
I got two pairs of jeans - boot leg and skinnies - overalls, a blue skirt, a yellow top with a skull beaded on it and sunglasses for $350 which really (in my opinion) is amazing!
-
In 1940, even the indomitable Winston Churchill despaired of survival, far less ultimate victory.
SAN ANDREAS
-
Some repair shops are using mainsprings that are too strong for your clock.
-
In the lead was a tall man, about Adam's height, with a head full of graying brown hair and a pair of intelligent-looking spectacles.
-
The two fish were paired with fresh vegetables and tiny fried potato globes, which were all brought nicely together by a rich cream sauce and punctuated with a brilliant red burst of caviar.
-
In the end, as so often in sport, winner and loser make an opposed pair.
Times, Sunday Times
-
The squalid conditions in the shack settlements drive many to despair.
Times, Sunday Times
-
One fan has captured the despair by calling his blog Capitol Punishment.
Times, Sunday Times
-
This season, a floaty chiffon knee-length skirt paired with a Fair Isle sweater or a tweedy jacket will look extremely hip.
-
You can do the tactful talking that repairs a friendship or a working relationship.
The Sun
-
Some shook with superstitious dread; others, driven to atheistical despair, with horrible execrations, again strove to force a passage through the doors.
The Scottish Chiefs
-
He wears wellington boots, having given his last pair of shoes to a refugee.
Times, Sunday Times
-
Objective To evaluate the clinical use of acellular dermal matrix ( ADM ) in the repair of pharynx.
-
Remember to use all necessary safety precautions - and common sense - when working on a roof, and call on a professional roofer for any repairs you're not fully comfortable undertaking on your own.
-
First, it was a good thing that the negotiation process was led by a pair of egocentric men whose machismo instincts somehow consistently outweighed common courtesy, common dignity and common sense.
-
The pair are now said to have a good working relationship.
Times, Sunday Times
-
Roses or blush wines that border on the sweet side also pair well with informal food such as barbecue.
-
They had to repair the damage at their own expense.
-
There are flowers everywhere: on a pair of sandals, on a box of tissues, in vivid bloom on the top of a lavatory.
-
A pair of coots, some moorhens, a little grebe and a single Little Egret rounded out the waterbirds.
-
He was standing in the doorway, wearing a frown and a soiled T-shirt, his large belly protruding over his pants, held up by a pair of suspenders.
-
Her appearance was deathlike, and her look of despair very pitiful.
-
We have done so much damage to the Christian communities within the Middle East that it's, it's unrepairable.
Opinion Roundup: Burning The Koran
-
She had never had an aupair girl or a laundry room herself.
-
Three large dry docks were built at the end of the 19th century to repair and refit warships.
Times, Sunday Times
-
Restoration of the paddle steamer will involve stripping the entire front third of the vessel before repairing the hull and refurbishing the engines.
-
It concluded in the somewhat incongruous pair attending the G8 together in June.
Times, Sunday Times
-
The pair had to track back to protect their full backs, provide the attacking width, and also cut inside to assist midfield.
Times, Sunday Times
-
Seen from the above, the lake resembles a pair of limpid eyes.
-
Those wishing to breed the baraband parakeet in captivity should house pairs separately in long, spacious aviaries so they don't become overly fat.
-
Even so, they wallow in the lifelessness of the mood of despair and they make no effort to step out of their lethargy.
-
The pair have an enviable track record.
Times, Sunday Times
-
If you have ever looked at a network cable you will notice that the wires are arranged in pairs, and are twisted together.
-
She found a pair of nail scissors and cut the stitches.
-
However, mechanical aids can do much to lessen the disability of impaired body structure.
-
The company may want to reimburse owners of infected devices if they turn out to be unrepairable.
-
For the total "look", add a pair of flowered stretch capris, a belly bag and a slightly tight tee shirt. kathleengam
How to "pass" for a Mexican
-
The pair along with Donald Ideson, who shoots air pistols, are due to compete in the Yorkshire County Championships at Bradford in December.
-
Pair with a floaty skirt for maximum impact.
Times, Sunday Times
-
There's even more proof in the new duets album: While the pairings add to the jollity Lady Gaga is amazingly likable, and not at all trampy, on "The Lady Is a Tramp", the real attraction is Mr. Bennett himself.
Ready for His Autumn Waltz
-
If there were minimal pairs, we would have to conclude that voiced and voiceless sonorants are separate phonemes.
-
His mother sewed his clothes while he was young and knitted socks giving him a handmade pair for his birthday for many years.
-
Working in pairs or trios, students identified examples of these repetition strategies in the speeches they read.
-
While this is happening, what appeared at first to be a spaghettilike jumble of the ninety-two chromatin strands condenses into chromosomes that upon close examination are actually twenty-three pairs of pairs, that is forty-six pairs or ninety-two chromosomes in all.
THE HIDDEN FACE OF GOD
-
Objective To explore the role of mouse dermis - derived mesenchymal stem cells ( md MSC ) on skin repair.
-
Enterprise wouldn't replace Melissa's rental car even after a mechanic declared the tire on her current car "unrepairable," and warned that it would be unsafe to drive 400+ miles back to New York from Rochester on a donut spare.
Enterprise Tells Post-Op Patient To Drive 400 Miles On A Faulty Tire - The Consumerist
-
While this increase or decrease in many instances is a natural fight of nature against the intrusion of opposing elements into the body, it frequently assumes dimensions that are most unpleasant and seriously impair the health, such as catarrhal conditions, all of which are due to poor or degenerated cells of this tissue.
Valere Aude Dare to Be Healthy, Or, The Light of Physical Regeneration
-
Aviator shades are still flying high on the fashion scale, so find a pair that suits you best.
-
Most of the money is being used for refurbishing properties which have fallen into disrepair and disuse.
-
The opening at one end of the shrine is closed not by the paneled doors characteristic of temples but by a pair of low gates carved to represent wickerwork and surmounted by a row of inverted dentils.
-
An existing fish pass has fallen into disrepair and is not maintained, resulting in fish finding it hard to get upriver to spawn.
-
A broadtail lace evening coat was paired with a Venetian blue blouse and metal plisse skirt.
Joey Jalleo: Inside Fashion Week Fall/Winter 2009: Third Row at Calvin
-
‘We were promised Utopia and we are in the depths of despair,’ said one governor.
