"commendable aim" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it to describe an aspiration, goal, or ambition that is admirable, praiseworthy, or honorable. For example: John's goal of sponsoring ten children through school is a commendable aim.
Danielle has set up SwisSkiSafari, with the entirely commendable aim of combining superb skiing with overnight stays at some of the most luxurious hotels in the Alps.
If they want to make the world a better place a commendable aim, to be sure let them concentrate for the time being on that.
Mr Davis's last act as governor was to sign Senate Bill Two, which has the commendable aim of trying to extend health insurance to the 6m Californians who do not currently have it.
As it's one of the nation's favourite cuisines, I don't know whether we need an annual celebration of "over 200 years of Indian restaurants in the UK", but at least this has a commendable aim of raising funds for hunger- and poverty-related charities.
While a commendable aim, there are some issues – for instance, the jarring privilege that looms over the film, over the Sheffs' peaceful, Boden catalogue existence, over the rustic Bay Area bungalow where they live.
With so much in store for Studio Job the "lovely madhouse" as Smeets calls it the artists expressed a simple yet commendable aim for themselves and their studio: "to have FUN!" This Crystalline Sculpture Visualizes Manhattan's Musical History.
But even commendable aims followed out the window can yield misleading and distorted results.
In that case, Mr Jonathan's own ambition could stymie his commendable aims for the rest of this term of office.
Downing Street is anxious that poor communication means even the Bill's commendable key aims – improving quality and making services more patient centred – are close to being hijacked by the talk of "privatisation".
The aim is commendable in theory: to charge no more than it would cost to cover the equivalent distance by road, ensuring even distant communities feel connected to the rest of the country.
Britain's chancellor, George Osborne, is part-way through a commendable course of austerity that aims to eradicate the structural budget deficit, currently 3.6% of GDP, and start lowering the debt-to-GDP ratio by 2017-18.
