"Rather than just stand on the sidelines, he's chosen to get involved, and that's commendable".
Even Ms. Norton's political opponents in Colorado say that her office did a commendable job in trying to get compensation for the damage, though they criticize her for not pressing criminal charges.
Commendable as it may be for Mr. Brown to get behind this good-government measure, it's also a deeply political move.
In a news conference Thursday with reporters, Mr. Reid called the House bill "commendable" and "a step forward," and he urged the lower chamber to get on board with the Senate transportation bill.
Eli Manning, as usual, showed commendable pocket toughness, but no quarterback can find a rhythm when, in the back of his mind, he knows he's about to get hit.
"It's a commendable thing for a lobbyist to have their own set of ethics -- if I'm doing something that I'm uncomfortable with, then I need to get out of it".
Seemingly destined to join Bolton and Charlton in League One until a few weeks ago, Rotherham would have been out of the bottom three had MK Dons not got a commendable point from their visit to Hull.
It's an attempt to look at the immigration issue through the eyes of people directly involved, and Mr. Brokaw — despite an annoying interview technique in which he states the ideas he wants his subjects to articulate, then asks them if that's correct — gets a commendable amount of candor out of people when he lets them talk.
In the years to follow we would discover that Adams was made of strong stuff, however, and he did not let this error get to him, the Express reporting that Adams had made a commendable debut.
Of course, the Mail later turned its attention to the actual murderers – and to commendable effect.
