The phrase "as a laudable" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is commendable or worthy of praise in a specific context.
Example: "The initiative to promote environmental sustainability is, as a laudable effort, deserving of support from the community."
Alternatives: "as a commendable" or "as a praiseworthy".
Iain Duncan Smith, who just a week ago was privately describing a living wage as a laudable goal but "very difficult" to do, did a kind of double fist-pump that became an instant social media sensation.
It received praise as a laudable work.
You may regard all this as environmentalism run wild, or as a laudable experiment in responsible catering; you may just wonder if it makes the food taste better.
Triumph over disaster is rightly seen as a laudable part of a person's experiences, but it's now sometimes presented as a requirement.
Long portrayed by many historians as a time when vindictive Radical Republicans fastened black supremacy upon the defeated Confederacy, Reconstruction has since the late 20th century been viewed more sympathetically as a laudable experiment in interracial democracy.
Thus he condemns a federal "individual mandate" to buy health insurance as an affront to liberty, while defending the nearly identical policy he instituted as governor of Massachusetts as a laudable exercise in state sovereignty.
I see it as an laudable choice for you to slog through it, because you've admitted it doesn't come naturally.
Romney's success with Massachusetts healthcare is viewed as a problem as opposed to a laudable accomplishment.
John de Lancie as Selim did a laudable job, stuck at the back of the stage with the New York Choral Artists.
Tuesday night, as part of a laudable week of free or low-cost shows promoting its annual Video Music Awards, MTV brought big beats to Manhattan's open air in a four-hour concert at Pier 54 featuring the network's favorite party animals.
While getting more female representation at senior levels of the public sector is a laudable goal, as is the goal of 25% female representation on corporate boards by 2015, I would also add to our list of demands that women and gender studies must be included in the national curriculum by that date.
