Example sentences of "[was/were] one of the highlights [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The antics of the children as they scrambled and tried to pick up the coins were one of the highlights of the day . |
| 2 | For the 13 year old Australian schoolgirl , the trip to London was one of the highlights of her visit to Britain . |
| 3 | The fair has itself moved to Spring Bank Holiday Monday , and though there are still large crowds , there are not the thousands for whom this was one of the highlights of the year . |
| 4 | Handel had been dead for five years , but his music was still enormously popular ; J C Bach ( whose concert series run by himself and his compatriot Carl Friedrich Abel was one of the highlights of musical life at the time ) was also music master to the queen and a member of her private chamber band : as such he was responsible for organizing elaborate concerts at court . |
| 5 | The feast was one of the highlights of the 10-year-old prince 's stay on a ranch in Montana . |
| 6 | Gnome passage , where we headed after leaving the cave entrance , was one of the highlights of the cave for me . |
| 7 | It was one of the highlights of the conference . |
| 8 | He also developed a close association with Loughborough University ( which awarded him an honorary degree in 1972 ) and his annual lecture there was one of the highlights of the academic year . |
| 9 | The Alliss match was one of the highlights of an occasion which , since it started in 1985 , has developed into one of the finest events on the golfing calendar . |
| 10 | His tussle in midfield with McKinlay was one of the highlights of an absorbing contest . |
| 11 | His appearance at the pop industry 's high-profile knees-up in London 's Alexandra Palace was one of the highlights of the show . |