1.   He appeared embarrassed and ill at ease with the sustained applause that greeted him.

2.   And he drew sustained applause when he described the state of the national economy.

3.   And those who heard his speech gave him sustained applause and standing ovations.

4.   At the event for Ms. Boyle in Dayton, the vice president drew perhaps his most sustained applause of the day when he showed his allegiance to Clinton.

5.   After a few suspenseful moments, he gets up and is helped off the court by the trainer to sustained applause.

6.   After the announcement, he was handed the ball amid a sustained applause and raised it toward the crowd.

7.   After the vote, Gingrich, smiling broadly and waving, entered the room to sustained applause.

8.   But his reception paled in comparison to the one given the Rev. Billy Graham, who received sustained applause.

9.   But the most sustained applause came for some half-hearted words of support for PRESIDENT CLINTON.

10.   By returning, Domingo forever endeared himself to La Scala audiences, who greeted the tenor with sustained applause and foot-stomping.