Merit
merit (noun) - an advantage or good quality that a person or a thing hasthe merits of a proposal
assess the merits of the proposal
the relative merits of the proposals
consider the merits of the proposals
discuss the merits of the proposals
debate the merits of the proposal
the great merit of the system is its flexibility and adaptability to differing and changing situations
the merits of their looks
ponder the merits of hypothetical cases
he will not advise on the merits of a settlement offer
the merits of different designs
considered the merits of different designs
promoted according to merit
a promotion based on merit
a merit-based promotion
I can see no merit in doing this
a certificate of merit
received a merit award for her work
the merits of the case
ranked in order of merit
should this topic merit a separate chapter of its own
project is difficult to sell but it has one great merit
merit pay
scholarships based on athletic merit
I personally find it very difficult to see any merit or justification for this project
artists of great merit
the aesthetic merit of the work
a work of literary merit
the real merit in this suggestion is easy to see...
I can certainly confirm that the contract was placed on merit
appointments were made solely on merit
I don't think this merits the death penalty
our appointment process is based on merit
the countryside of North Yorkshire and Cleveland did not merit underground cables
Example sentences:
* The task is immense, painfully long-term and difficult to sell but it has one great merit as a grounding for optimism: there is no alternative, no quick fix.
* Whatever the merits of their looks, enough customers loved them for them to be sold out.
* Civil servants and historians can ponder the merits of hypothetical cases.
* It is in the context of such cases that discussion of the merits or otherwise of legal intervention is really centred.
* Consequently, he will not advise on the merits of a settlement offer, although with a view to increasing the likelihood of a deal, he may point out the strengths and weaknesses of each side's arguments.
* In 1957 a Channel Tunnel Study Group with British, French and American membership undertook extensive survey work and considered the relative merits of a range of fixed link designs, finally opting in 1960 for a twin bored tunnel with accompanying service tunnel.
* Far away across the room, her mother was deep in conversation with a handsome young advocate; they were discussing the merits of a written constitution.
* It is believed to bestow merit and prosperity and acts as a protective circle preventing harm coming to the circumambulator.
* We go to the track meets, the basketball matches and we select kids and we give those kids scholarships based on athletic merit.
* This year, our sculpture exhibition opened with works by some very well-known artists David Mach, Antony Gormley, Richard Long, for instance but also lesser known artists of great merit like Nina Saunders, Diane Maclean, Richard Bray, Michael Archer.
* Evidence gathered from a cross section of different employers suggested that while the female-dominated nursing profession might fare no worse in the way its job performance is rated, bias is almost certain to enter the merit pay process when those ratings are translated into pay awards.
* The BAS and Whitehall see these as areas of scientific merit and, even more importantly, of political, strategic and economic relevance.
* Why, for example, alongside single chapters on the zoonoses and on food-borne infections, should gonorrhoea and the epidemiology of brucellosis merit individual chapters of their own?
* After commenting that not all the defendant's statements appeared to be of a similar literary merit, the judge fined him $2,000.
* This does not have to correspond with the aesthetic merit of the work as a whole: the opening of David Copperfield is in many respects more like the Class 1 sample than the Class 2 sample above.
* With the possible exception of grant-maintained status, for which I personally find it very difficult to see any merit or justification, the other provisions with potential threat for children with special needs (open enrolment and local financial management) are for me rather like the curate's egg.
* The real merit in this suggestion is that it is based upon (in principle) easily observed magnitudes those calculating the bonus need know only about price, output and cost levels in each period; they do not need to estimate either demand or cost functions.
* Firstly, merit pay; if it is the case that money is not the most important motivator then linking pay to performance, as with merit pay, is not likely to improve performance.
* I can certainly confirm that the contract was placed on merit; it was won by a clear margin in a competitive tender.
* Babangida, who declared that appointments were made solely on merit, had attempted to reduce ethnic and religious divisions among Nigerians in what was constitutionally a secular state.
* A further merit of the presentation is the help it offers to those company functions whose responsibilities involve risks contingent upon the completion date of an R&D project.
* I did not say any of those things, said Robert, and, even if I did, I don't think they merit the death penalty.
* The great merit of the British development control system is its flexibility and adaptability to differing and changing situations.
* It is unlawful, accept in two areas, to er discriminate in the way that you suggested, but essentially our our appointment process is on merit.
* In relation to the consultation draft erm we er in April nineteen ninety two, we explained that we we believed that er erm the figure of twenty five hectares was not so far er adrift from our local plan proposals to merit an objection or merit treatment as a departure.
* The inquiry at Hambleton Community Centre also heard from Mr Eric Eunson, an NGC policy official, that the countryside of North Yorkshire and Cleveland did not merit underground cables.
