the jewel in the crown

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the best or most valuable thing in a group of things (often + of ) The island of Tresco, with its beautiful tropical gardens, is the jewel in the crown of the Scilly Isles.

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La Manga Club in Spain offers a wide range of luxury accommodation, none more luxurious than the five star Principe Felipe La Manga Hotel The La Manga Hotel is clearly the jewel in the crown of this luxury sporting and leisure paradise La Manga Club in Spain offers a wide range of luxury accommodation, none more luxurious than the five star Principe Felipe La Manga Hotel. Hotels in La Manga by Michael J Lee / Travel, recreation and leisure community THE refurbishment of Belfast City Hall is the jewel in the crown of a pounds 500million investment in the city, it was revealed yesterday. Grand opening is a snip away by The Mirror (London, England) The 17-storey One Park West apartment block is the jewel in the crown of the pounds 1bn Liverpool One retail development by the Duke's property group Grosvenor. MY CITY FLATS ARE JEWEL IN CROWN; Duke's praise as he opens One Park ... by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)			the hang of the happy event the hard sell the hard stuff the head honcho the hearts and minds of the heat is on the heavens opened the height of The hell you say! the here and now the high ground the high sign the highways and byways the hind end of creation the holy of holies the home straight the home stretch The honeymoon is over the hot ticket the icing on the cake the in thing the ins and outs the ins and outs of the Ivy League the jewel in the crown the joke's on the joker in the pack the jury is out the jury is still out the kiss of death the knives are out the land of milk and honey the last gasp of the last minute the last of the big spenders the last word in the law of averages the law of the jungle the lay of the land the least can do the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing the lesser of two evils the letter of the law the life of the party The lights are on but nobody's-one's home the likes of the lion's share the lions' den the long and the short of it the long arm of the law			The James Company The James Gang The James Street Group The January Man The Japan Forum The Jargon file The Jasin Club The Jataka tales The java sea The Jay Dyall Project The Jay Leno Show The Jazz Age The Jazz Discography The Jazz Session The Jedi Assembly The Jedi Knights of Cleveland The Jedi of Darkness The Jedi Order Clan The Jeffrey Group The Jerusalem Bible The Jester The Jesuits The Jesuits The Jewel Box the jewel in crown the jewel in crown the jewel in the crown The Jewelers Stock Room The Jewellery Display Company, Ltd. The Jewellery House The Jewellery Store The Jewish Autonomous Oblast The Jewish Community of Albania The Jewish Exchange The Jewish Theatre The jews The jews The Jezor The Jezor The jig is up The Jim Davidson Show The Jim Davidson Show The Jim Davidson Show The Jim Henson The Jimi Hendrix Experience The Jitsu Foundation The Jitsu Foundation The Jockey Club The Jockey Club Information Systems, Inc The Jockey Club Technology Services The Joffrey Ballet The John Birch Society The John Birch Society The John Ernest Foundation The John Larroquette Show The Johnny Depp Experience The Johns Hopkins University

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