Example sentences of "[noun sg] 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 | On its eastern side stands the grand Pabellón Real ( Royal Pavilion ) , facing the Ayuntamiento . |
| 7 | Their friendship stands the test when Ruth 's brutish estranged husband tries to kidnap her baby . |
| 8 | On both sides of the bridge at the corners of the High Street and the Lawnmarket stand the administrative offices of Lothian Regional Council . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | His nerve stood the test , particularly on the last afternoon when the lead shrank to one stroke . |
| 11 | In the doorway stood the solid bulk of Dalziel . |
| 12 | There on the other side stood the small square where the Lebanese parliament had once met . |
| 13 | To one side stood the phaeton . |
| 14 | As the law stands the squatters had legal rights to live in their home as long as they had not forced entry . |
| 15 | 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 ! ) . |
| 16 | In a commanding position high on a hill overlooking the village stands the church of All Saints . |
| 17 | This clover stands the winter well . |
| 18 | Towards the back of the meadow stands the Rutli House , a traditional timber building characteristic of the region , where there is catering for visitors . |
| 19 | Can sport stand the strain ? |
| 20 | Behind the old lady in the hall stood the little brass dinner gong , but even that looked much smaller than in memory . |
| 21 | Against these regions of contraction stood the prosperous secanos of the centre and the irrigated lands of the Ebro valley . |
| 22 | In front of the range stood the large copper tub . |
| 23 | Behind the twin towers of the New College of Divinity at the head of the Mound stands the Assembly Hall , where the annual ‘ parliament ’ of the Church of Scotland is held . |
| 24 | The council has also built a new art gallery dedicated to local sculptor , Henry Moore , put in an Olympic-sized pool and demolished the squalid 30s housing estate which had been planned as the largest in Europe — in its place stands the brand new West Yorkshire Playhouse . |
| 25 | This is the moment when the contestants take the solemn oath at the altar of Zeus to abide by the result of the race ; only the altar is not shown — in its place stands the god himself . |
| 26 | In the market place stands the chateau , formerly the bishop 's residence , which was enlarged in Renaissance style in the sixteenth century by the governor who ruled the town after it had become subject to Bern in 1536 . |
| 27 | Against their poverty stands the rich faith of Moses . |
| 28 | In the door of the shop stands the owner , with the Company 's Ration Warrant Officer conducting individual qualitative and quantitative checks on what is being loaded on to the vehicle . |
| 29 | Today , waymarked pathways guide visitors through the forest , and in its midst stands the mighty ‘ Major Oak ’ tree — Robin 's favourite hideout . |
| 30 | At the Point stood the black and white lighthouse and the coast guard station , silhouetted now , for dusk was falling fast and it had turned chilly . |