Modifies a noun

• aim: These changes are being brought in with the laudable aim of letting the public know more about what is done in their name.

• ambition: Not for them Wolf Tone's laudable ambition to unite Catholic, Protestant and Dissenter under the common name of Irishmen and Irishwomen.

• sentiment: Gentleman's laudable sentiments do not apply to the Bill.

• intention: Despite these laudable intentions the present whereabouts of this document is not known.

• attempt: Laudable attempts are being made to address financial literacy levels among young people.

• objective: I sign up to that; it is a laudable objective.

Modifying Another Word

• entirely: This has the entirely laudable aim of preventing the genocide of any group.

• however: However laudable the aim of replicating the commitment in an intact family, they miss the point.

• highly: To have respected the wishes of the veterans, is, of course, highly laudable.

• very: Her performance in those very laudable aims will be watched very, very closely by " our doctors " .

• perfectly: If you want to tithe your herbs that's perfectly laudable.

• particularly: The assessment tool for the Introduction to Health Psychology and Communication module is particularly laudable and innovative.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: It seems laudable to suggest it should return - the trick is to decide where and how much?

• sound: Like a form of pyramid selling it all sounds so laudable - at first.