1.   After the show, one was left trying to figure out what the overwrought applause was really all about.

2.   At the end there was polite applause from perhaps half the women.

3.   There was great applause when the Makhmalbaf family took a bow.

4.   There was loud applause when the band members ran onto the stage.

5.   The applause was perfunctory.

6.   There was applause from the public gallery as the foreman of the jury announced the verdict.

7.   Here he paused but the applause was not immediately forthcoming.

8.   The music ended, there was applause and then the door opened.

9.   And if the applause was not boisterous, it was nonetheless ample.

10.   And if the applause from the students, gathered here recently for a focus group, is any indication, they will continue to do so.