Preposition: that

• people: I find it both annoying and admirable that people believe in such things.

Preposition: in

• way: Here was someone who was truly larger than life, admirable in every way.

• respect: Because they found his views so admirable in other respects, conservative-minded men in India were reluctant to distance themselves from Burke.

• theory: These restraints on overproduction were admirable in theory but in practice they have become generally counter-productive.

• extreme: I think it is admirable in the extreme that the IOC doesn't allow any advertising into Olympic venues.

Modifies a noun

• clarity: Prodi is a man who speaks his mind with admirable clarity.

• restraint: I can't figure out whether that's due to admirable restraint or mere failure of imagination.

• trait: What keeps the game the better side of 50 per cent is a trio of admirable traits.

• sentiment: Mr Ryder's own father would not easily have expressed this admirable sentiment.

• dedication: Such admirable dedication of a very fine and very well respected model.

• courage: Raised by a cruel aunt and later sent off to a deplorable boarding school, Jane displays admirable inner courage and strength.

Modifying Another Word

• wholly: In every museum there is a strong, new ( and wholly admirable ) emphasis on access and interpretation.

• truly: Their devotion to duty and patience was truly admirable.

• however: However admirable their intentions. they, like the Conservatives, have been unable to implement workable solutions.

• otherwise: Failure to recognize this will only weaken the Department of Health's otherwise admirable attempt to report on the reporters.

• equally: The modern notion of tolerance is that all points of view are equally valid, equally admirable and equally true.

• quite: I guess that ' Taurus II ' is quite admirable really, an effective Eighties updating of the signature Oldfield sound.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: He seems too admirable to play the fame game.

• find: Every detail is executed with a military-type enthusiasm that I found highly admirable.

• look: Let us continue to look admirable at these believers: We have considered whom they loved, my name.