"paces of" can be used in written English as a phrase to indicate a measurement of distance or time
It is typically used in a descriptive or figurative manner. Example: She walked the last few paces of the race, exhausted but determined to reach the finish line. Another example: The instructor counted out the paces of the dance routine, making sure everyone was in sync.
Viagra would cycle through the expected paces of pop-culture acceptance with stunning speed.
Thanks to the Design Museum, many will now have the opportunity to stand within 20 paces of the genuine article.
This week's contest features four cookbooks that are reliable and comprehensive, and should always be stored within a few paces of a stove.
He obsesses over body language too: the angular, ungainly stride he created for Sheldon, and the alternately swift and halting paces of Elwood.
Rather suddenly, her mother died, and an hour afterward, she and her brother numbly went through the paces of a standard obituary, listing survivors.
Following the grueling paces of a lockout-impaired regular reason, the meat grinder otherwise known as the N.B.A. playoffs began Saturday with two dramatic and rather unsettling images.
We need longer creation periods than most other companies because we are working with diverse bodies and varying paces of learning.
He thus becomes a hero, recipient of a munificent reward and the first person to be allowed within 10 paces of the king for a decade.
He was shot from his horse while near the center of the brigade, within about 25 paces of the stone wall".
She would not walk them through the paces of her decision making; she didn't like stupid questions; she wanted action -- yesterday.
It was poignant to see the puppets — faceless, hairless, uncostumed mannequinlike figures — doing stretches, limbering up, being put through the paces of an audition, then facing rejection.
