21.   That comment met with sustained applause.

22.   That line, at least, drew sustained applause.

23.   That same line draws sustained applause at rallies in New Hampshire.

24.   The announcements brought sustained applause and a barrage of questions from an overflow audience of physicists at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, where the work was done.

25.   The audience answered with sustained applause.

26.   The audience responded with sustained applause.

27.   The most sustained applause came when he pledged to run a positive campaign.

28.   The Republican side of the GOP-dominated House offered sustained applause.

29.   The room full of predominantly older citizens rewarded Bush with sustained applause and nodding heads.

30.   The remark drew his audience to its feet with cheers, whoops and sustained applause.