Sentence examples similar to a commendable principle from inspiring English sources

Variations exist in the rules, but common to all is a commendable scoring principle namely, that the value of each trick varies not with the suit but with the level of the contract, so that the higher one bids, the more each trick is worth.

A commendable statement, indeed.

What a commendable attitude.

It was a commendable aspiration.

That he had been a commendable governor?

But it was a commendable achievement nevertheless.

This is a commendable overall statement.

Not the best ever, but a commendable career nonetheless.

A commendable idea, but a risky and expensive one.

This may be a commendable life‑aim, but it does not make for a commendable novel.

Par is supposed to be a commendable score.