Example sentences of "[noun] stand the " in BNC.
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| 1 | FRIDAY : Perched innocuously between Eccles Thrift and Fancy stands the Adam and Eve Sauna Club . |
| 2 | To the south there are the Dorset Heights looking over Hamdon Hill and the Windwhistle Ridge ; to the west stands the Wellington Monument , almost on the Devon border ; northwards there is a fine view of the Quantock Hills with the Brendons to their left and the Mendips to their right ; eastwards lie the Wiltshire Downs and a view of King Alfred 's Tower at Stourton . |
| 3 | Opposite stands the sombre Salm Palace ( 1/186 ) , dating from 1810 . |
| 4 | In the churchyard stands the remains of the old village cross , also the graves of Joseph Rank and his wife ( of the Rank Organisation family ) . |
| 5 | In this tranquil setting stands the distinctive form of Holme Castle , an impressive Victorian stone house built in 1820 . |
| 6 | JUST a few hundred yards from the palace area of Castle Hill stands the Matthias Church . |
| 7 | She went on to tell Tamar that she and Elizabeth would not come up to Kirkbymoorside to stand the market in the future . |
| 8 | Behind the fairground attractions stands the customary tent , capable of holding 3,500 people , served by waitresses capable of holding ten litre-sized steins of Erdinger Weissbräu 's Festbier . |
| 9 | At the southern end of Galeriestrasse stands the Galerie Zellermayer . |
| 10 | On its eastern side stands the grand Pabellón Real ( Royal Pavilion ) , facing the Ayuntamiento . |
| 11 | Their friendship stands the test when Ruth 's brutish estranged husband tries to kidnap her baby . |
| 12 | The sanctity of marriage should not be transgressed , and adulterers stand the risk of being stoned … and vice versa . |
| 13 | On both sides of the bridge at the corners of the High Street and the Lawnmarket stand the administrative offices of Lothian Regional Council . |
| 14 | Losses on domestic mortgage indemnity policies alone , where insurers stand the first slice of losses on the sale of repossessed houses , were cut from £257 million in 1991 to £160 million . |
| 15 | On one side stand the absolutists , such as Fay Weldon and Harold Pinter , who feel that burning and banning books is intolerable ; on the other stand the pragmatists who feel that freedom of expression is not an absolute good and that censorship ( self-imposed , imposed by neighbours or by Parliament ) is justified to protect the sensibilities of those whose views are fundamentalist , and thus illiberal . |
| 16 | Between the two parties stood the King , at heart a conservative but at times favouring the Reform party for reasons of domestic or foreign policy . |
| 17 | Experience gained from previous Merlin stripdowns within FAPS stood the pair in good stead on this one . |
| 18 | His nerve stood the test , particularly on the last afternoon when the lead shrank to one stroke . |
| 19 | In the doorway stood the solid bulk of Dalziel . |
| 20 | At the top of the steps stood the condemned man with the rope around his neck . |
| 21 | There on the other side stood the small square where the Lebanese parliament had once met . |
| 22 | To one side stood the phaeton . |
| 23 | Unlike so many others , a Swan stands the tests of time well . |
| 24 | As the law stands the squatters had legal rights to live in their home as long as they had not forced entry . |
| 25 | Inside the same city gate on a little hillock stands the neo-classical Catholic parish church , which was rebuilt in 1801 but retains its original thirteenth-century bell-tower ( although now capped with a baroque dome ! ) . |
| 26 | In a commanding position high on a hill overlooking the village stands the church of All Saints . |
| 27 | This clover stands the winter well . |
| 28 | Towards the back of the meadow stands the Rutli House , a traditional timber building characteristic of the region , where there is catering for visitors . |
| 29 | Can sport stand the strain ? |
| 30 | Behind the old lady in the hall stood the little brass dinner gong , but even that looked much smaller than in memory . |