Sentence examples for capital stands from inspiring English sources

And their capital stands as a monument to this nationwide braggadocio.

In Ochang, a rural area two hours from the capital, stands another of Mr. Moon's creations: the Panorama House.

Madison, the Wisconsin capital, stands on a morainal isthmus between two glacial lakes, which are not small.

He feels Egypt's new capital stands a good chance of providing better employment opportunities than its predecessors, mainly because Egypt's vast government will be relocated there.

SALIF DIABAGATÉ, an artist here in this nation's financial capital, stands by a pile of sodden debris outside his bungalow studio.

KABUL — Off the dust-coated Kote Sangi road in the Afghan capital stands a worn beige sign on stilts with blue painted letters advertising the Women's World Market.

A former mayor of Mérida, the capital, stood for another party after losing the PAN primary.

Two kinds of capital stand out: short-term debt, and debt denominated in foreign currency.

If anything, he said, Bain Capital stood out from its rivals in the 1980s and 1990s for eschewing quick-fix financial wizardry that drained companies of assets.

You may recall that Bear Stearns ended its life with leverage of around 33 to 1, meaning that just 3 cents of capital stood behind each dollar of assets.

Once the shooting began, many moved north along Ring Road and away from the fighting, but a crowd of mostly tribal men from the outskirts of the capital stood firm.