The phrase "a pair of dates" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to two specific dates, often in contexts like scheduling or discussing events.
Example: "We need to choose a pair of dates for the conference that works for everyone."
Alternatives: "two dates" or "a couple of dates".
Other splendid starters included a winning goat cheese napoleon with a triangle of light, crisp puff pastry; a salad of pale, austere frisée wittily mated with a pair of plump dates wrapped in bacon; snails braised in Provençal sauce; and terrific, garlicky, peppery merguez sausage atop a mound of tiny, cumin-scented lentils.
But Murray too, having picked up the bass clarinet, here redoubles the Dolphy heritage: he is joined by Waldron, who was one of Dolphy's crucial cohorts in 1961, on Dolphy's three great quintet recordings from the Five Spot, and on a pair of other dates (as leader and as sideman).
The dream of concealing a tiny video camera inside a pair of glasses dates back to the days of Dick Tracy, but these days a child can have the real thing, with the Spy Net Stealth Recording Video Glasses, in toy stores this month from Jakks Pacific.
Participants were informed of a pair of course dates (a one week and a 5 week course) for which they would need to be available.
An excavation of a bronze-age city in south-eastern Iran turned up a pair of dice dating back nearly 5,000 years.
It was carved to mark the K'atun-ending ceremony of 751 and bears the damaged name of Ruler Z. Stela 76 and Stela 78 are a pair of monuments dated to AD 633.
A concordant pair of dates was also obtained using enamel and bone from a cattle mandible (Bos taurus, GF10), which was found deflated on the surface of the paleolake deposit (Table 6, dates 9, 10).
Another splendid work given by a different donor is a pair of figure groups dating from 1717 by Massimiliano Soldani Benzi that derive from the classical myths of Jupiter's loves: "Leda and the Swan With Cupid," and "Ganymede and the Eagle With Cupid and a Dog".
The MUL.APIN is a pair of cuneiform tablets dating from the 7th century BC that lays out the motions of the Sun, Moon and planets over the course of the year.
The ceiling itself features metal beams and a pair of huge exhaust fans dating from the 1920s, adding to the trendy industrial look.
