Sentence examples for it would be admirable from inspiring English sources

It would be admirable if the Knicks played with panache en route to their ultimate thwacking.

It would be admirable to insist on keeping our hands off potential terrorists until there is evidence that they have broken the law -- but only if one frankly acknowledges that the price is a greater risk of terrorism.

It would be admirable if President Dodik and other Bosnian politicians could settle on a name for the language (like the acronym, BCMS) that stresses the unity of Bosnia's language community, but does not alienate any nationality.

While it would be admirable for any voter to decide their campaign allegiance, and their vote, on honest ideological differences with a particular candidate, the resistance among some Clinton supporters to Obama's campaign is rooted, instead, in half-truths, no-truths and flat-out ignorance about who Senator Obama is and what his campaign stands for.

Yet, they make millions of dollars, are known by everyone, everywhere, are in the headlines every five minutes, can get a table at any restaurant in the world, are invited to every important event/opening/premiere, nationwide, and have carved an empire, not based on hard work and ethics, but the exact opposite (if it weren't so scary, it would be admirable).

The result would be admirable if it weren't so absurd: a compulsive urge to be the perfect guest.

Supporting good causes out of their own generous salaries, bonuses, deferred compensation, options packages and incentive schemes would be admirable; doing it out of income that would otherwise be paid to shareholders is a more dubious proposition.

At least do me the courtesy of that!" Her plea is whiny and bitter, and would be admirable for its rudeness, were it not so, well, rude.

As Virginia Heffernan noted in Politico in may, "In a town of snakes and double-agents, the president's extreme emotional transparency would be admirable, a sign of vulnerability, sincerity, guilelessness that is, if it weren't so self-incriminating".

In normal times, that sober, incremental approach would be admirable.

Coming from an author — or practically anybody else, for that matter — these would be admirable sentiments.