Sentence examples for A commendable attempt from inspiring English sources

The production is a commendable attempt to shine a light into an obscure byway of the classical canon, but memorably moving or memorably funny it is not.

Forster's point about novelists sitting in a circle was a commendable attempt to avoid any Whiggish sense that they are somehow improving on their predecessors.

The NCAA's response to the scandal was a commendable attempt at behavior modification.

The Big History project is an admirable attempt by Professor David Christian to make history interesting to students (and a commendable effort by Bill Gates to make it more accessible).

As for food, Barley Vine makes a commendable effort at keeping its prices affordable.

Yale University's Environmental Sustainability Index is certainly a commendable effort but is too complicated.

It's a commendable effort by Miliband to normalize new-media engagements in his public diplomacy.

Perez has made a commendable effort rounding up archival footage, photographs and interviewees.

PGA is making a commendable effort in Pakistan and South Asia to improve HIV awareness on a governmental level.

Over the past year BAT has actually been a poor performer – knocked by commendable attempts by regulators in the US to ban menthol cigarettes, which make up around a quarter of BAT's profits.

But despite Ek's commendable attempts to make things right, there's certain to be a huge backlash from European users, and also from a European startup community that has celebrated Spotify as one of the few home-grown Euro success stories.