While in principle these efforts are commendable, it remains to be seen whether they will lead to meaningful environmental or human rights safeguards in the context of the Salween River.
She did not specify whether that celebration should be a parade, but added, "The fact remains that our military has made commendable achievements in Iraq".
Recent progress on increasing the number of people with access to electricity has been commendable, but a disconnect remains between gaining electricity and realising development benefits, such as increased income and better health.
But from the early 1960s she began to be misread and patronised by critics, and remains largely forgotten in spite of Virago's commendable efforts to keep her in print and two recent film adaptations (Mrs Palfrey in 2005, Angel last year).
There's a commendable campaign to clean up what remains a filthy country, though critics say it ignores reprehensible practices like manual scavenging of human waste.
And, for all of Secretary Kerry's commendable efforts to date, the Arab-Israeli peace process remains a "peace process" in name only.
Although she speaks the role with the commendable clarity that all the company brings to the verse, Ms. Gale's Juliet remains willful and tempestuous even when under the spell of Shakespeare's soul-shaking love.
Despite the (frequently commendable) advances that have removed death as a constant presence in our lives, it remains inevitable, and many of us are ill prepared when it comes.
In spite of commendable investment in this programme to manage the undesirable consequences of CLABSIs, an important question remains unanswered: compared with current practice, is this programme cost-effective for US hospitals?
Despite commendable efforts to craft solutions to meet required surface water allocations [ Bureau of Reclamation, 2012], consideration of the ability of groundwater withdrawals to meet current and future demands remains dormant.
