Merits of
the merits of Y (noun) - the good and worthwhile qualities of Y
street vendors called out the merits of their wares
the merits of the project
the merits of an investment
convince people about the merits of the investment
assess the merits of the project
weighing the merits of the project
a long discussion about the merits of the project
the merit of various project proposals
establish the merit of project proposals
the merits of the war
deeply divided on the merits of the war
the merit of the book
evaluate the merit of the book
objectively evaluate the merit of the book
evaluate the merit of the book by comparing it with other books
the merits of that programme
the merits of that view
the merits of different possible improvements
the merits of the financial transaction
the merits of the business deal
the merits of a course of medical treatment
the merits of the analysis
the merits of the approach
the merits if competing hypotheses
the relative merits of competing hypotheses
the relative merits of competing hypotheses
the relative merits of competing hypotheses within a research programme
fairly oblivious to the individual merits of their historic pubs
a conversation between two gin-guzzling county ladies concerning the merits of shorter hemlines
the merits of the case
the merits of the legal case
reviewing the merits of a judicial decision
the merits of the argument
the merits of the arguments will determine the policy chosen
the relative merits of projects X and Y
weight the relative merits of projects X and Y
the great merit of project X is Y
a further merit of project Y is Z
X regardless of the merits of Y
the debate over the relative merits of plan X and plan Y
this approach has the merit of Y
has the merit of being quick and cheap
irrespective of the merit of Y, it is clear that Z
the overall merit of the project
has the merit of simplicity
the merit of X lies in Y
it had the dubious merit of X
hard the merit of illustrating Y
with the negative merit of Y
I would argue with the author on the merits of Y
one of the great merits of X is Y!
Example sentences:
* "Investments will begin in Satun and Songkhla to convince people in the security hotspot provinces of Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat about the merits of such investments."
* "The current method of making appointments in the department has the merit of being quick and cheap."
* "Reports emerged of serious divisions within the Japanese government over the merits of future plutonium imports from Europe."
* "Street vendors called out the merits of their wares, shouting each other down in the hope of attracting customers from the goodwives who were out doing the morning marketing."
* "It is not necessary here to weigh the relative merits of successive waves of public sentiment, and it is too early to guess the judgments of history."
* "Whatever the merits of either argument, it is an option used widely throughout the world as the earlier example from petrochemicals showed."
* "When they lived together Paul had explained the merits of using plastic knives and forks when entertaining guests."
* "While the relative merits of competing hypotheses within a research programme can be determined in a relatively straightforward way, the comparison of rival research programmes is more problematic."
* "The most common breach of etiquette committed by the enthusiastic beginner when arguing a moot case is the expression of a personal opinion on the merits of his case."
* "There is a fair chance that eventually the merits of the arguments will determine the policy chosen."
* "What aroused resentment from people in the film industry had nothing to do with the merits of these films.
* "If at first you don't succeed, persistence should ensure that your body of work will finally win you an Oscar, regardless of the merits of the performance in question."
* "The debate over the relative merits of landfill gas and incineration as options for recovering the energy in waste is brief."
* "While weighing up the merits of the posts of legal advisor to the Girls Public Day School Trust versus running a legal advice centre in a South London Mental Hospital, she was invited to sit as a Judge on the South-East Circuit and then, of course, her mind was made up."
* "This, followed by a pint of the Skein of Geese's execrable ale and an overheard conversation between two gin-guzzling county ladies concerning the merits of shorter hemlines, had plunged him into abject misery."
* "He took her to every room in the house and with a cool economy of speech explained the merits of the installation, pointing out its adaptability and demonstrating its efficacy."
* "This approach has the merit of allocating advertising expenditure to specific targets, but relies heavily on the organization's ability to define its objectives realistically."
* "However the merit of Fei's book lies in its functionalist style."
* "The project has the merit of simplicity."
* "Irrespective of the merit of these particular observations (and indeed of this particular poem), it is clear that once formal patterns of equivalence are connected to relations of meaning, as they are here, they become a good deal more interesting."
* "To establish the merit of project proposals without overlooking any significant factor, it is highly desirable to have a selection system that is applied to all cases."
* "In this case the merit of the project in terms of each criterion is scored on a 1 to 5 scale."
* "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."
* "After nine years exploring a new operation for large bowel disease we considered that it was time to take stock and objectively evaluate the merit of restorative proctocolectomy for ulcerative colitis, familial adenomatous polyposis, and functional bowel disorders."
* "The great merit of the British development control system is its flexibility and adaptability to differing and changing situations."
* "And under the public good defence it may be relevant to the jury's task of evaluating the merit of a particular book to compare it with other books of the same kind, and to hear expert evidence about the current climate of permissiveness in relation to this kind of literature."
* "The violent protest had the dubious merit of illustrating the spirit which has pervaded his campaign throughout the year."
* "Beer drinkers appear on the whole to be fairly oblivious to the individual merits of their historic pubs."
* "The European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice (and the Supreme Courts of Canada, India and the United States) apply more sophisticated and properly judicial standards when reviewing the merits of a decision."
* ""Members of the largest suffragette organization were deeply divided on the merits of the war."
