He is, by common consent, a top-class dealmaker (the sale of his own firm aside).
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Shambolic local government means that Kiev is the only capital in Europe with no top-class hotel.
"We're proud that Craigavon hospital can deliver top-class cardiology investigation and treatment, " said Dr McEneaney.
Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry says the team have shown they can beat top-class opponents without inspirational captain Steven Gerrard.
"M'baye was top-class but Gavin dismantled him in style, " super-middleweight king Calzaghe told BBC Wales' Back Page programme.
Everton described Speed as a "popular player" and "boyhood Evertonian", while Bolton said he was "a top-class professional".
Mr McGuinness said the country's good image abroad for producing top-class meat was being damaged and that was unacceptable.
The world's richest cricketing nation should have a larger bench of top-class players.
But it also offers top-class medical care and one of the highest nurse to patient ratios in the country.
If he can play against a top-class international side, he can take on the likes of Falkirk and St Mirren.
''Donegal showed against Tyrone that they are a top-class side, '' he said.
He impressed on tour and now hopes regular selection as a fly-half can ensure he continues to develop into a top-class player.
It's a top-class race so let's hope they can get it together.
Jamie Carragher misjudged a long ball to let Forlan in, and he found Simao, who drove a top-class finish across Reina into the bottom corner.
Ireland are in a similar position to Wales with one top-class veteran stand-off, in this case O'Gara, and the young pretender snapping at his heels.
The novillero, or novice, may even pay to get into the ring, which varies in status: just seven are deemed top-class and 43 respectable second-class.
The Pattern is designed to provide good tests for horses at the right stage of their development and it also guarantees top-class racing throughout the season.
In addition, there will be few truly top-class players on offer with the likes of Ricky Ponting, Graeme Smith, Sachin Tendulkar and Dhoni already signed up.
The internet has lots of legal sites like this, which promise thousands of top-class titles but in truth resemble the worst shelves of a bad video-rental store.
But "building a top-class university is extraordinarily expensive, especially in a rural and undeveloped location, even with assistance of foreign donors and the central government", said Prof Altbach.
With British and Irish Lion Stephen Jones also vying for the number 10 shirt, Wales coach Warren Gatland has the luxury of two top-class fly-halves in his squad.
"I would be fighting tooth and nail to make sure we keep a top-class facility open so we can develop the Jess Ennises of the future, " he said.
But there was no mechanism to stop the rise of ticket prices to help pay for this bright new era of top-class players being paid six-figure weekly salaries.
Japan offers rich prize money as well as top-class breeding.
The coach is particularly looking for a no-nonsense defenceman and forward to add some extra toughness to the team, along with proven goal scorers and a top-class netminding duo.
But the Newport-born player has only played a bit-part role for Tottenham, as Gunter is one of four top-class right-backs that include Pascal Chimbonda, Alan Hutton and Vedran Corluka.
Awzaan, trained by Mark Johnston, was unbeaten in four starts over six furlongs last term, including his defeat of top-class Norfolk Stakes winner Radiohead at Newmarket on his final outing.
The four-year-old, trained by James Fanshawe, showed that you do not have to be a millionaire to have top-class racehorses, owned as she is by the 17, 000-strong Elite Racing Club syndicate.
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