11.   As the audience applauded, most panel members raised their hands.

12.   As the audience applauded, Davis sat impassively on the dais.

13.   About half the audience applauded, some standing, while the other half remained silent.

14.   After Murayama appeared toward the end and the drill was declared over, the audience applauded.

15.   But then Watts added that he had seen too many people fail to leave the stage while the audience was still applauding.

16.   But their words obviously resonate with their listeners -- time and again, the audience applauded the lyrics.

17.   By all accounts she made her plea with much eloquence, and a sympathetic audience warmly applauded.

18.   Few audiences anywhere will applaud stage direction.

19.   Fashion audiences always applaud at the end of a show.

20.   Following that opening-night performance last week, the audience enthusiastically applauded each of the leading singers and James Levine, who had conducted the orchestra.