(1) In the fourth and fifth round Clarke put on an exhibition showpiece and the result was unanimous in Clarke's favour.(2) Ambitious plans to turn a South Yorkshire museum into a showpiece regional attraction are finally about to come to fruition following a u00a32m Lottery grant.(3) By emphasizing the bass line near strategic cadences, he transformed the usual showpiece into real music.(4) The u2018Giuoco della coppieu2019 is a mellow showpiece for the excellent London winds.(5) The figures of Lord Ganesha made of plastic in the showpiece section look attractive with its colour and design.(6) It's quite a showpiece in the centre and illustrates to children what nature can do.(7) The first National Eisteddfod, held in 1861 at Aberdare, proved to be a showpiece for literary and musical talent.(8) With just 12 weeks to go until the Oscars, the Los Angeles Film Critics' Association awards mark the start of the countdown to the showpiece event.(9) It will need swift action and monstrous retribution for it to rediscover credibility before the showpiece event of the season, in Monaco, on May 26-and the suggestion is that neither will come.(10) Instead of being used for serving food, it seems far more likely that it formed a showpiece , displayed prominently at its owner's banquets.(11) Renowned for attracting top acts to the showpiece event, this year they have excelled themselves by signing up current chart-toppers Hear'say.(12) The Liszt, a showpiece in any conductor's hands, but certainly one in Stokowski's hands, could be more demonic, however.(13) The meeting has quickly become a speedway showpiece that also attracts big viewing figures for live coverage on TV.(14) 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.(15) Whether the early Strauss songs form ideal showpiece material for her voice is debatable.(16) Predictably, Wand does not treat Pictures as an orchestral or sonic showpiece , although it would wrong to say that his reading doesn't raise goose bumps of a different sort.
