31.   The sustained applause for the champion was an elaborate heart-shaped greeting card.

32.   There was scattered clapping for various remarks made during the debate, but that comment from Reitinger was greeted with sustained applause.

33.   To sustained applause, speaker after speaker called for crackdowns like the one launched early Tuesday.

34.   When Dole declared last week on the campaign trail that he would sign such a ban, his audiences erupted with sustained applause.

35.   Zedillo drew sustained applause by criticizing several leaders of the traditionalist wing, known as the dinosaurs, who have already announced their own candidacies.

36.   As he accepted a framed piece of the original flooring and turned around slowly holding it up for all to see, the sustained applause became a roar.

37.   Cheers continued throughout the performance, with sustained applause after every song.

38.   His words brought sustained applause from the hundreds of invited guests.

39.   That line from Saadoun Hamadi, speaker of the departing parliament, drew sustained applause.

40.   The audience responded enthusiastically, but the biggest sustained applause came for the introduction of Sen.-elect Jean Carnahan of Missouri.