1.   The opportunist, too, deserved applause.

2.   And the sponsors deserve our applause.

3.   But both clubs actually deserve applause for the way they are going about resurrecting their sorry states.

4.   Cherry deserves applause for her sensitive and clear re-creation of the miracle of migration.

5.   He delivers, and deserves applause.

6.   He deserves applause for offering a serious proposal to raise the kind of money city school construction needs.

7.   If designers deserved applause for persistence, then Ferre was entitled to the standing ovation he received at the end of the show.

8.   In itself, this deserves applause.

9.   In reality, if the Nets stayed close and made it somewhat competitive, they deserved applause.

10.   In the end the comic moments, most of them supplied by three people, deserve their applause even when they seem out of place.