Example sentences of "but close to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a small and attractive hotel which is situated in a quiet part of Kitzbuhel but close to the town centre . |
| 2 | Skin generally starting to age like old handbag or bodywork of car : not bad at distance , but close to , mysteriously patterned , like surface of Mars . |
| 3 | The figurine stood erect on its plinth , a long sword clutched in the left hand pointing downwards , the fingers of the right hand casually curled , but close to the deadly sheathed dagger in the belt . |
| 4 | There is , therefore , before any understanding of historic agents and movements , a certain aporia in all social ensembles : from afar they may appear whole , but close to , they can be seen as riddled with holes . |
| 5 | He was , she realized , one of the spear men from Starr Hills ; but close to , he looked slender for a warrior , and was no taller than herself . |
| 6 | How water was raised from the well can only be speculated but close to this spot stood an old Elizabethan house , which was demolished to make way for the flats . |
| 7 | Not quite Eton or Harrow with incense thrown in , but close to it . |
| 8 | At first sight this was like English countryside , but close to where you could see the baked cracked topsoil , the dead convoluted trees , bleached stones like animal skulls and huge pear cactus in bright yellow flower , close to the land was hard , dry and pitiless . |
| 9 | Its a bit naff but close to the ground and good for parking . |