31.   Other players sounded as grateful for surviving as they did elated for winning.

32.   Several say chemical alarms began to sound as a dense cloud of gas floated over their camps.

33.   So in his postfight comments, he sounded as proud and confident as ever.

34.   The buzzer sounded as the ball hit the front rim, then the backboard, then rolled off.

35.   The music created by brash young men three decades ago sounded almost as eccentric and vital now as it did when it was written.

36.   The other night, the air raid alert sounded as my driver Georgije and I approached the first span.

37.   The period-instrument band in the pit, conducted by Grant Llewellyn, sounded just as fresh, stripping romantic varnish from this baroque jewel.

38.   Their job is to make things sound as bad as possible so they can get the maximum amount of dollars for their cause.

39.   These programs do not sound as catchy or bold as the get-tough-on-kids proposals circulating in Congress and the states.

40.   They may be low on the business hierarchy and use fillers to sound as weak as possible.