Sentence examples for a considerable coup from inspiring English sources
His death is a considerable coup for the Bolivian army, which used to have the reputation of being one of the most inefficient in Latin America.
The announcement is a considerable coup for the theatre, which despite its location in the outer suburbs has starry supporters including Sir Peter Hall as founding director, visiting companies including Peter Brook, and casts which have included Dame Judi Dench.
The National Gallery in London's "Titian" show of 2003 — which featured eight of the works in this exhibition — pulled off a considerable coup by bringing together the artist's landmark mythological canvases from Alfonso d'Este's study in Ferrara, now divided between Madrid, London and Washington, not to mention other one-of-a-kind pieces, notably "Sacred and Profane Love".
Despite guiding Stoke to consecutive ninth-place finishes over the last two seasons, and pulling off a considerable coup in signing the former Barcelona forward Bojan last summer, eyebrows were raised in Hughes' direction when Shaqiri was linked with a move to the Potteries.
It's a considerable coup for Marvell as they're not exactly one of the big players in the semiconductor space — recent rankings from iSuppli peg them as number 18 in terms of revenue while more familiar names like Intel and TI take the number one and three spots respectively.
Indeed, Marías pulls off a considerable narrative coup: the core of the novel is essentially a job interview, a game of conversational cat and mouse between the old spy and the younger recruit.
Taylor established his theatrical credentials at Oxford University in 1957 when he directed the stage premiere of John Osborne's Epitaph For George Dillon: a considerable undergraduate coup highly praised by Kenneth Tynan.
United believe it is more likely the right-back can be bought in the summer but are exploring what would represent the considerable coup of acquiring the 26-year-old immediately.
Yet two years on, with an estimated five-fold increase of tech companies in the area, Silva has much to crow about – not least last week's considerable coup of landing Facebook executive Joanna Shields to lead the Tech City Investment Organisation (TCIO), the UK Trade & Investment vehicle for growing east London's tech zone.
The ladies' committee had pulled off the considerable coup of getting the Duke of Edinburgh to come and he was joined on the guest list by Mrs Jack Heinz ("of the Heinz 57 varieties"), Luis Dominguez, the famous Spanish bullfighter, the designer Elsa Schiaparelli, Yehudi Menuhin, Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn.
And for modern Mexico, it is undoubtedly a considerable public relations coup.
