Sentence examples for would have commended from inspiring English sources

Sir Jack Hobbs, looking down from the large portrait at the head of the Long Room, would have commended this flat-batting performance.

He would have commended British judges for giving effect to the Human Rights Act by striking a balance between individual rights and the wider public interest.

After three days of stoic disappointment, played out with a stiff upper lip that Celia Johnson would have commended, the British were desperate for glory.

You know, at one time Bush, too, had challenges with alcohol, so I also would have commended him for being open about that.

In light of this history, one might have expected that" the Justice Department, "rather than filing a lawsuit against Visa, would have commended Visa for its contributions to consumer welfare, competitive vitality and innovation".

Painting in oils on board, he produced images that Hogarth would have commended as worthy of being displayed as pub signs: paintings with conventionally romantic titles (Battlements, View of the Ruins, Bend in the Road) displaying a taste for cutting the crap and appreciating, besides Gris - the subject of a splendid manifesto-type portrait in 1963 - the Tintin comic strips.

In a public ritual likened to burial at sea, clergyman would then have commended their souls to "the deepest of the deep".

We have commended him for trying to spread the pain, and urged him to stand firm against the interest groups that would put their needs above the stability and solvency of New York State.

Some of Mr. Morsi's rivals, including the former presidential candidate Amr Moussa, have commended his actions.

Reviews so far have commended Schumer and Apatow.

I am sure others would disagree, most notably the established media houses who reported this week, with rather poor timing, that Julian Assange had commended their publications for good journalism.