Example sentences of "close [prep] [art] centre " in BNC.

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1 By the introduction of a 75 x 75mm ( 3 x 3in ) square-section hollow steel post sited close to the centre of the room for the support of heavy timber trimmers , it was possible to construct a gallery which extends between the flank walls on modestly-sized 38 x 150mm ( 1–1/2 x 6in ) joists , carrying boards which give a platform 2m ( 6–1/2ft ) wide overlooking the larger part of the living-room .
2 Mention Chiswick House today and everyone will think of the neo-Palladian Villa set in wonderful parkland , now all controlled by English Heritage , and famous as one of the finest examples of its kind in Britain , yet so close to the centre of London and with other interesting places close by .
3 The Beau Rivage is a comfortable hotel set on the front in Baveno , opposite the promenade and close to the centre of the village .
4 Once part of a watermill , this hotel is just 500 metres from the lakeside beach and close to the centre of Garda village .
5 Ideally situated directly on the lakeside promenade yet close to the centre of the resort , the Catullo is a delightful hotel in an attractive setting , and is run with great care by the Fabbricatori family .
6 The Rustika is a modern hotel which enjoys a quiet , slightly elevated position on the sunny side of Lermoos , close to the centre .
7 The Hotel St. Leonhard is a hotel close to the centre of the village .
8 In an attractive , sunny setting close to the centre of Westendorf , the Hotel Austria consists of two buildings .
9 Most towns have a former industrial area close to the centre — it may be a railway goods yard , cattle market or former brewery — which offers ample space for car-parking as well as large areas for shops .
10 Between 1980 and 1985 I was a librarian in Brent 's Bibliographic Department , and thus reasonably close to the centre of things in matters of stock .
11 Christopher and I then returned to the fringes of power , having for a time been drawn perilously close to the centre . ’
12 Alfoxden had been built by the St Albyns early in the eighteenth century close to the centre of their ancient park .
13 Even in 1986 , a small household survey conducted in two suburbs of Maputo — Machava ( quite close to the centre ) and Xipamanine ( at a considerable distance from the centre ) found that 10 to 14 per cent of households questioned mentioned difficulties in letting their children attend school .
14 The Belfast campus comprises two large and well-equipped buildings close to the centre of the city .
15 They would also pass close to the centre of the main sweet-water aquifer of the Jerusalem region .
16 There is a dairy farm and two farmers who keep pigs quite close to the centre of the village , but the larger farms with their pigs and sheep and production of cereal crops are on the outskirts of the village .
17 With engines close to the centre of the aircraft body there is very little asymmetric force being exerted when only one engine is producing thrust but with engines widely spaced in the wings , as they are on the Canberra , there is a great deal of thrust on one side and nothing on the other to counterbalance it .
18 Close to the centre however , lines of sight on the far side are actually brighter because the stellar densities sampled are almost the same , but the lines of sight on the far side traverse a longer path of stars .
19 The Company 's line of communication , which placed it fairly close to the centre of northern North America , was already long and was open only in the ice-free months .
20 There was some slight discussion whether the British should keep Canada or should choose the large French sugar islands like Martinique and Guadeloupe ; very few politicians close to the centre of power thought of giving Canada back to France , but the issue underlined the fact that Canada was unlikely to provide much revenue for the British treasury directly , and certainly would not provide the amount of revenue that sugar for re-export would give at a time when Britain used for consumption or for manufacture all that her West Indian islands could produce .
21 A fine , family-run hotel , the Majestic has been a favourite with Citalia customers for over 25 years , enjoying a privileged position close to the centre of the resort on its own sandy beach .
22 This comfortable modern hotel is ideally located close to the centre of town .
23 Close to the centre of Kitzbühel is this four-star hotel that prides itself on maintaining high standards .
24 Moral reform , from the 1870s , came close to the centre of political debate — much more so than structural social reform ever did in the nineteenth century .
25 Past He as , there is a toll-road , very steep , extremely tortuous and liable to be strewn with rocks , which goes way , way up , close to the centre of the cirque at an altitude of 6,600 feet .
26 ‘ I 'll beam you up to a point in space close to the centre of a galaxy .
27 However it is possible to request a villa close to the centre if you do n't want wheels .
28 The school is situated in the student area of the town , near the university and close to the centre of town .
29 The faculty is based mainly at the Medical School within the central area of the University and thus close to the centre of the city .
30 Most of the preclinical teaching is within the Royal ( Dick ) School at Summerhall close to the centre of the city .
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