1.   The doorbell had sounded several times while she was changing and, as she descended the stairs, a hum of voices was audible from the drawing-room.

2.   Bees hovering on blossoms are audible from a few rows away.

3.   Instead they were involved in a discussion, visible but not audible from the gallery, about what amendment would be next.

4.   The actors were all clearly audible from a fourth-row seat, even when facing the opposite direction.

5.   Then the sounds of her babies chirping and murmuring were no longer audible from the chimney vent in our downstairs bathroom.

6.   As Hu spoke, chants of dissent were audible from just outside the ceremony.

7.   Late Saturday night, the sounds of heavy machine-gun fire and rocket-propelled grenades were audible from Grozny, indicating a firefight was occurring south of the capital.

8.   There, cries and shouts were audible from the street.

9.   A major explosion rocked the centre of Algiers late Sunday and was audible from the suburbs, an AFP reporter said.

10.   According to witnesses interviewed on the radio, the town is in a ruins and cries and moans were audible from beneath piles of rubble.