Sentence examples for it is a commendable start from inspiring English sources

While Oliver's new collaboration is by no means a solution to America's obesity crisis, it is a commendable start, as it takes the guesswork out of meal planning and offers insights about nutrition, portion size and tastiness.

At a time when good ideas are depressingly scarce in the political and economic debate, and bipartisan agreement even scarcer, this is a commendable start.

It is a commendable display of participatory democracy that we badly need.

It was a commendable aspiration.

But it was a commendable achievement nevertheless.

It's a commendable idea – but how significant is it?

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

It's a commendable level of commitment.

"It is a very commendable start," says Alvin Tan, manager of a young online business and one of Singapore's rare self-made entrepreneurs.

The Resonance staging at the Clurman Theater is a commendable effort, but it achieves mixed results.

Still, the Algonquin is a commendable cocktail: dry vermouth, rye, pineapple juice (it is also $22).