showpiece
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the factory has expanded and become a showpiece of American industry
something that attracts attention or admiration as an outstanding example of its type.
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The slow movement is lovely (although never completely relaxed), and the finale is treated as a virtuoso 'showpiece' .
The custom-made instrument is the 'showpiece' attraction at Manchester's newest music shop and has been attracting crowds.
The meeting has quickly become a speedway 'showpiece' that also attracts big viewing figures for live coverage on TV.
the serenade was a 'showpiece' for the wind section
Renowned for attracting top acts to the 'showpiece' event, this year they have excelled themselves by signing up current chart-toppers Hear'say.
Ambitious plans to turn a South Yorkshire museum into a 'showpiece' regional attraction are finally about to come to fruition following a £2m Lottery grant.
The 8pm concert ends with a virtuoso 'showpiece' for clarinet and piano, Weber's Grand Duo Concertante in E flat.
the factory has expanded and become a 'showpiece' of British industry
‘Song of the Flea’ is a 'showpiece' for the basso's humor and dramatic exaggeration.
An ambitious programme of events will include a 'showpiece' £5m international arts festival, tipped to rival Edinburgh's in scope and quality.
The director, himself, says he is giddy with excitement at the prospect of opening the 'showpiece' event, adding that it made him ‘feel more like a teenager than an adult’.
The Government was today trying to fend off a torrent of criticism following the latest bail-out for the cash-strapped 'showpiece' attraction.
It is hoped the overhaul will make the museum a 'showpiece' regional attraction which will bring thousands more visitors to the area.
The ‘Giuoco della coppie’ is a mellow 'showpiece' for the excellent London winds.
Impressive debuts for the Bahrain and Beijing circuits, have heaped greater pressure on the British 'showpiece' event.
The 'showpiece' annual event is being held next month and will be shown on television around Christmas.
John has announced his resignation after a 'showpiece' event ran up losses of millions of dollars.
Whether the early Strauss songs form ideal 'showpiece' material for her voice is debatable.
It's quite a 'showpiece' in the centre and illustrates to children what nature can do.
The two new prison blocks were opened this year and were intended to be a 'showpiece' of how prisons should be.
Pride at this Highland 'showpiece' event was tangible in the faces of directors and supporters alike before the game.
In the fourth and fifth round Clarke put on an exhibition 'showpiece' and the result was unanimous in Clarke's favour.
Siegfried's Rhine Journey, which leads into Act 1, is more than an orchestral 'showpiece' : it is an important transition between worlds.
This year they turned to Bellini, staging Norma, generally regarded as one of the composer's finest bel canto masterpieces, and not so long ago a 'showpiece' for Maria Callas.
The Wiltshire Buildings Record is running the course on local furniture and interior styles as its 'showpiece' event for this year.
The Flute Concerto is a 'showpiece' for both soloist and orchestra, elegant and atmospheric; it is full of subtle beauties that fall like gentle leaves on the ear.
Grieg's piano music can be showy, but it never is gratuitously so; while it can be a 'showpiece' for the performer, the music usually has other priorities.
The 'showpiece' event takes place the next week on 2 July at Lord's.
In contrast with the Unilever sponsored 'showpiece' exhibit was an impromptu display by Banksy, an agit-prop and graffiti artist.
Before that, there are plenty of significant jumps races around the country today that will be seen as pointers to the two 'showpiece' events at the Cheltenham Festival.
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