How To Use Merit In A Sentence

There has to be a standard, a level where the candidacy is based on merit rather than on luck.
There is a great deal of controversy over the merits of bleached and unbleached flour.
On a long drive back and forth from Clackamas Lake a body of water, which at best, merits the term pond I gave it another listen. I'm getting back, into getting back into listening to some Silver Jews
Sed vt bonis et cordatis omnibus, etiam extraneis, satisfaciam qui maledicentiam istam Germanicam lecturi vel audituri sunt, aut olim audierint, ne et hi nos meritò calumniam tantam sustinere credant: Tum etiam vt alios qui istis virulentis rhythmis A briefe commentarie of Island, by Arngrimus Ionas
You must judge each film on its own merits, without any preconceived notions about what it's like.

Then, the phrase had struck Vincent as doting and naive, but sometime during his stay in Toulio, as his grasp of the Chinese language deepened, and as he learned—or was forced to learn—from his mistakes, he had felt the title gain merit and accuracy. Heaven Lake
However, the same writer made a poem on the tricks of countryfolk, which is by no means devoid of merit. The memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
The merit of all things lies in their difficulty. Alexandre Dumas
We believe he, either, is turning his Nelson's eye to the scientific reports, or, is plain oblivious of Peter Bergen's cogent and coherent articulation of the demerits of EITs as image destroyers for the US. Cheney wrong on interrogation inquiry facts, Obama official says
For shame, Barnet! what ninnis, what hartless raskles, you must beleave them to be, — in the fust plase, to fancy that you are a politticle genus; in the secknd, to let your politix interfear with their notiums about littery merits! The Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush
Obj. 2: Further, the just impetrate from God what they merit, as stated above (A. 15, ad 2). Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province
And then she had the temerity to sit there in a press conference and argue between herself and yourself.
Selection is based solely on merit.
That will be a matter for consideration on the merits of any particular State legislation that does so.
The arbitral tribunal may rule on a plea referred to in paragraph of this article either as a preliminary question or in an award on the merits.
In the third chapter, I discourse upon the exercise of the CIS tactic and its merits.
Petit de la Croix, a Paris, 1710, in 12mo.; a work of ten years’ labor, chiefly drawn from the Persian writers, among whom Nisavi, the secretary of Sultan Gelaleddin, has the merit and prejudices of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
It contains, among other things of merit, a lullaby, called "Sleep, Little Tulip," with a remarkably artistic and effective pedal-point on two notes (the submediant and the dominant) sustained through the entire song with a fine fidelity to the words and the lullaby spirit; a "Nocturne" in which Nevin has revealed an unsuspected voluptuousness in Mr. Aldrich 'little lyric, and has written a song of irresistible climaxes. Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and
After eight years of a presidency that valued cronyism over brains (or even competence) and embraced an anti-intellectualism apotheosized by Sarah Palin, it's a godsend to have a president who puts a premium on merit. Steven G. Brant: Progressives Deserve to Be Worried About the Obama Administration
The great thing is that this voting has nothing whatsoever to do with the merits of the song, but gives the Eurovision nations an opportunity to buddy up with their neighbours or sneer at old enemies.
Bid ... crowbait by Professor Emeritus Peter Bagnolo on Monday, Apr 9, 2007 at 3: 51: 14 PM Fighting Among Us, Will Not Defeat The Hun! As to The Flood...
He obtained his position more by favour than by merit or ability.
French corporate executive was overheard lauding the merits of China's Five-Year plans.
_merit-thermometer_, a sort of _Aeolian-harp-test_; in the flat parts his voice was unimpassioned, but if the gust of genius swept over the wires, his tones rose in intensity, till his own energy of feeling and expression kindled in others a sympathetic impulse, which the dull were forced to feel, whilst his animated recitations threw fresh meaning into the minds of the more discerning. Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey
Those opposed to the application will cry foul, and those who have an axe to grind will jump on the bandwagon, heedless of the merits and demerits of the scheme.
Without question, Barbie has one quality that merits the term ideal, and that is timelessness. The Barbie Chronicles
Ed Overton -- who is a Ph. D, a professor emeritus at LSU, and who unlike yours truly is a scientist (in analytical environmental chemistry) -- spoke to us the next day and told us that the kind of dispersant used was not only not poisonous, but also that the amount, though it sounded immense, was minuscule, given the volume of water in the Gulf of Mexico. Rachel Ben-Avi: Dinner at Tara
If walking is one of your priorities when choosing a holiday, then this area definitely merits consideration.
That is arrogant presumption to insist that some authors and works deserve to be declared meritorious as a matter of fairness.
They weren't bad, but struck me as doodles, sketch book observations that have their own merit but lack a certain oomph.
The happy or unprosperous event of any action, is not only apt to give us a good or bad opinion of the prudence with which it was conducted, but almost always too animates our gratitude or resentment, our sense of the merit or demerit of the design.
This includes raising standards and expanding the role of charter schools and merit pay for teachers.
The results have been encouraging enough to merit further investigation.
By putting over against merit theology not grace but covenantal nomism, Sanders [and the NPP] has managed to have a structure that preserves grace in the 'getting in' while preserving works (and frequently some form or other of merit theology) in the 'staying in.' WordPress.com News
He had been promoted to captain, and later he was brevetted major for ‘gallant and meritorious service’.
He now occupies the lofty position of Editor Emeritus at the Irish Times, an honorific title given to him for loyal, distinguished service, dedication beyond the call, etc.
You should judge of its merits and faults for yourself.
Granting Salvation to some and denying it to others regardless of merit is unjust. Augustine vs. Pelagius Part Two - Grace, Salvation, and Redemption | Heretical Ideas Magazine
All quibbles about the merits of that series aside, as an English major, it makes me happy when an author of prose fiction becomes stinking bloody rich.
Your feature has the merit of simply stating what has been achieved.
He emphasized that equality in America also means meritocracy, a stress on equality of opportunity among individuals regardless of social origins.
laudat ubi emeritum libera fama torum. nunc tibi commendo communia pignora natos: Cornelia's Plea
Entitled Aquila after the swooping eagle found in John Flamsteed's 1729 Atlas Coelestis, its merits do not really derive from any imitation of eagles actual or imagined perhaps luckily, given that Flamsteed's eagle resembles a grouse. Chroma chamber ensemble – review
Everybody has his merits and faults.
Eugenia too, soothed with the delusions of her romantic but innocent fancy, flattered herself she might now see continually the object she conceived formed for meriting her ever reverential regard; and Miss Margland was importantly occupied upon affairs best suited to her taste and ancient habits, in deliberating how first to bring forth her fair charge with the most brilliant effect. Camilla: or, A Picture of Youth
Winter, readers, has arrived, taking up residence with all the bulk and temerity of a spinster aunt come to visit, laden with cats and carpet bags.
Frame said the suit is without merit and it will be defended vigorously.
Users can therefore search for medal awards (mainly gallantry and meritorious service awards), army and navy commissions, promotions, the naturalisation of an ancestor and much more during this crucial period in history.
He's also very keen to sell me on the merits of his new menswear collection, the very first deliveries of which are currently reaching his stockists.
Increases above this amount will be based on individual merit and market or equity issues.
Hazen called on officers to pay careful attention to the superior Prussian system and urged the United States to adopt policies that evaluated and promoted officers meritoriously and to create military schools to train them better. Between War and Peace
The 'clawback' measures allow banks to recoup bonuses that turn out to have been unmerited. Times, Sunday Times
Instead, Brown has treated us to a tortuous, Jesuitical argument so self-contradictory it merits its own reprimand.
This gambit nevertheless breaks the ice, and they begin by discussing the merits of various brands of scotch.
Has, the bearing pressure to be strong anti-corrosive, merits and so on knocked-down and assemble convenience.
Most people get their news about global warming second-hand, but for those who want to keep their own finger on the pulse of the planet, two Web sites merit special interest.
The 12-times World Champion and 2003 UK Open winner, finished second in the Order of Merit.
Have you no regard for true merit, you malignant fellow?
It's unfortunate, however, that he has to rely on jaded Irish clichés of booze and blarney to enliven a story that is powerful enough to survive on its own merits.
But if I don't at least attempt to get a solid five and a half hours of sleep tonight, I will become the Gorgon Journalist of Georgia -- which, although it has its alliterative merits (is "alliterative" a word, by the way? Bluemeany Diary Entry
I can see no merit in offering short cuts as ways of teaching students.
France, which prides itself on being a meritocracy, has slowly ossified into its default mode of hierarchy.
Ben is now the pastor emeritus of the Orthodox Christian Reformed Church of Cambridge Ontario.
What is happening to the campaigning steamroller that was going to propel the new prophets of technocratic and meritocracy craving Labor into power?
Mercury program merger meridian meristem meritocracy Entry Index: menopause to Nation, Carry
Nick Gevers said it best: "(the novel) tells in sumptuous claustrophobic detail just how alien -- and alienated -- a human society might become, portraying a mighty far-future city state driven by absolute standards of meritocracy turning against itself in hysteria and bloodshed Jack Vance "To Live Forever" & other extravaganzas
Indeed, for many people it was and is, but my own opinion is that too many people allow the film's merits to overcome two very significant detriments - its length and the presence of Gary Cooper.
This is the free grace and favour of God towards the man Christ Jesus — predestinating, designing, and taking him into actual union with the person of the Son, without respect unto, or foresight of, any precedent dignity or merit in him, 1 Pet. i. Christologia
DESERVE He claims that their success was not merited.
The former work of the same title possessed the same kind of merit. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 3
I've used it as a writing sample before and it's scored me three freelance jobs with its copious merit; but every time I submit it to a short story market, the verdict is always, This is great, but it's too long for our format. June 30th, 2005
The award is given annually to a deaf person of outstanding merit in leadership, citizenship and general achievement.
I would again borrow Ld Carysforts book, [4] & get a face of better physiognomy from the print there. the book does not want such aid — but it would be serving a young man of merit, who wants assistance. Letter 274
Membership of East Berlin's Akademie depended on government approval more than on artistic merit.
Not one person outside of Congress has shown this to be anything else than a financial train wreck ... but Libs think we can pay for things with "Social Merits" and imaginary cost savings ... leave it to the Left to misidentify a problem thereby ensuring the wrong solution ... vwrtb Reid to Senate: Get ready to work overtime on health care
That monotony of form, those commonplace cadenzas, those endless bravura passages introduced at haphazard irrespective of the dramatic situation, that recurrent _crescendo_ that Rossini brought into vogue, are now an integral part of every composition; those vocal fireworks result in a sort of babbling, chattering, vaporous mucic, of which the sole merit depends on the greater or less fluency of the singer and his rapidity of vocalization. Gambara
Behind the humour, however, one finds a novel of great merit and depth, constructed in the most poetic language, and not at all about fish.
The same people also seem to see it as an attack on twiglet, which it isnt either, at no point is any personally opinion passed on the merits of ‘The Saga’. Only TWILIGHT fans will REMEMBER ME says John! | Obsessed With Film
Parties are able to obtain relief when take place unmerited clarify and can raise objection and appeal, also possess the power of action for damages.
Ameritrade shareholders would receive a special cash dividend of $6 per share.
I think the suggestion merits consideration.
If people deserve to recover, ambulance chasers are how the market is supposed to bring meritorious claims to the courthouse.
Maya tradition also merits them a special place - cenotes are seen as the wellspring of life, an entrance into the afterlife and a point of contact with the gods.
I consider Sister Stephanie to be a saint, and I feel great pleasure in beholding the merits of Sister Casilda, and the favours which our Lord bestows upon her ever since she put on the habit. The Letters of St. Teresa
On the merits of Mo Williams as a player, totally aside from all-star definitional issues: Matthew Yglesias » The Ws of Cleveland
So, if you would like to read, or have already read, these books and are interested in having some lively discussion on their merits or demerits, contact Deirdre on the number above.
This leaves room for some to develop a meritocratic spin on the capitalist system.
Accipe, Pompei, deductum carmen ab illo debitor est uitae qui tibi, Sexte, suae. qui seu non prohibes a me tua nomina poni, accedet meritis haec quoque summa tuis; siue trahis uultus, equidem peccasse fatebor, 5 delicti tamen est causa probanda mei. non potuit mea mens quin esset grata teneri; sit precor officio non grauis ira pio. The Last Poems of Ovid
He reached his present senior position through sheer merit.
The merit belongs to all psychologists participating, for they make clinical and health psychology advance through the reflections and opinions displayed on these lines, which describe what we are and design what we want to be.
Finally, I think the clubby atmosphere of the boardroom makes it difficult for a true meritocracy to exist.
You may not be inclined to agree, but points of view other than your own do have merit too.
If the work is so daring as to merit public animadversion, the magistrate summons the printer, who either stands mute or names the author.
Such cases do, however, present quite serious factual difficulties and the law has been concerned to ensure that a meritorious plaintiff does not fail for want of proof.
The signal merit of his writings is the exact opposite of "cleverality"; it is that he always means exactly what he says. Dr. Johnson and His Circle
Unmerited as this seems, it will work wonders. Times, Sunday Times
Youth enters the world with very happy prejudices in her own favor. She imagines herself not only certain of accomplishing every adventure, but of obtaining those rewards which the accomplishment may deserve. She is not easily persuaded to believe that the force of merit can be resisted by obstinacy and avarice, or its luster darkened by envy and malignity. Samuel Johnson
It is his temerity in assuming that love is universally a good thing and a cause for celebration that has doomed him.
Each soul is individual and has its own merits and faults.
The idea had merit, and he could explain it to the rest of his family without drawing their ire.
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The Accademia d' Italia, set up in 1929 in imitation of France, never had any real prestige or significance although it numbered among its members a few men of real merit.
It is only a month since it all but forswore significant acquisitions and hailed the merits of quiet organic growth. Times, Sunday Times
Prospective trust board members will be selected on merit related to the skills they possess and the skills necessary to manage this reserve.
The privilege afforded famous scientists, Surowiecki argues, has undervalued the genius of the scientific ethos: its commitment to meritocracy.
In a corner, young Curry Shepherd, his blazer looking slightly the worse for wear, sat meditating on the relative merits of death by garotting or a slow boiling in oil, both of which he contemplated with BMW in mind, the DCSS having called him from a warm bed, next to a warm and loving woman at the dawn's early light. Final Resting Place of The Pen
It was as if the claimant's complaint had been without any merit at all, as if it had been contrived.
The dog, who's known as Vivi, won an award of merit at this week's Westminster Kennel Club show, at $150,000, disappeared today around noon. CNN Transcript Feb 15, 2006
That which intimately comprises the nature of repentance is, sorrow on account of sin committed, and of its demerit, which is so much the deeper, as the acknowledgment of sin is clearer, and more copious. The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 2
The Bible has much to say about the merits of quietness.
Possessed by morbid drives that defy easy psychological analysis, they pursued a revolutionary domestic policy, not because they had any faith in its merits but in order to be revenged on their enemies and consolidate their power.
It is one of the extraordinary anomalies of the system, that combined with these principles of self-reliance and perfectibility, Buddhism has incorporated to a certain extent the doctrine of fate or "necessity," under which it demonstrates that adverse events are the general results of _akusala_ or moral demerit in some previous stage of existence. Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2)
Extravagantly showy and ostentatious work is pretentious when the merit it demands is unjustified.
For his dedication the Mayor awarded him a medal of merit.
We need to consider the relative merits of both makes of cooker.
However, this intriguing indirect effect certainly merits further investigation.
Not only were they much the stronger during this period, but they were better together, and gained their great triumph most meritoriously.
Just as a denial of cert is not a pronouncement on the merits of a case, the non-consideration of a question not presented cannot reflect “acceptance” on the part of the Court for any given proposition; or that a given proposition is “encoded into the DNA of our law.” The Volokh Conspiracy » Interesting SCOTUS Line-Up
On the other hand, the materialist acquireth merit (by action) and (as the consequence thereof) emancipation. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7
When he made use of such a phrase as that quoted above, it was to be presumed that he in some sort meant what he said; and so he did, and had intended to signify that Crosbie by his conduct had merited all such condemnation as was the fitting punishment for blackguardism of the worst description. The Small House at Allington
In three hundred large-format pages, 60 million Frenchmen merit a single paragraph, while the fifty thousand Vlachs of the Balkans and the fifty thousand Faroe Islanders of Denmark receive careful dissection over many pages.4 And why not? Bloodlust
At its worst, it was fear of authority for its own sake, allowing no questioning of its justice or merit; and the shame was to be found unworthy in the judgment of that authority.
There goes a woman," resumed Roger Chillingworth, after a pause, "who, be her demerits what they may, hath none of that mystery of hidden sinfulness which you deem so grievous to be borne.
So the problem is, in times when a job seeker is qualified to be a judge of relative merit, it would generally be in their field and thus they would be judging potential competitors to themselves, so they are given a powerful incentive to lie and surface the weaker person. TalentSpring – can it work? : #comments
Another way of assessing the merit of an argument in a communication is to use a so-called heuristic. Experiential Marketing
Belief is involuntary; nothing involuntary is meritorious or reprehensible. A man ought not to be considered worse or better for his belief. Percy Bysshe Shelley
Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi was one of the great Talmudic sages, a man so holy he merited visitations from the prophet Eliyahu (Elijah).
'Why, thou school-boy rhymester, that is the only merit thou hast, and that not thine own! The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay
The guaranteed, antitypical blessings for the elect rest exclusively upon the meritorious work of Christ.
The double demerit point system is going to be evaluated by the Office of Road Safety not too far down the track.
Should promotion be based on merit or seniority?
This respect is given whether one is a professor emeritus at an elite university or a recent graduate of a fourth-rate college with an art history major teaching English at a juku for a couple of years before having to face up to finding a real job. Polishing the apple » Japundit Blog
Haec ita me orat, sibi qui caveat aliquem ut hominem reperiam, ut istunc militem -- ut, ubi emeritum sibi sit, se revehat domum. id, amabo te, huic caveas. Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives
Attestamur item, nos minime talia in Ecclesiis nostris spargere dogmata, qualia adversarii nonnulli nostri nobis, apud eos maxime, ad quos scripta nostra non perveniunt, et qui doctrinae nostrae imperiti sunt, falso et praeter meritum tribuere, obtrudereque nituntur. The Creeds of the Evangelical Protestant Churches.
Meritocracy really has fallen by the wayside, as a fashionable political creed.
Now nearly two decades older, I am not yet entirely depleted of breezy temerity.
Making 'demerit' goods (that produce negative externalities) expensive does not magically stop people from consuming them. Times, Sunday Times
Pister, an emeritus engineering professor at the University of California, Berkeley, said "the rush to add automatic shutoff valves willy nilly is an ill-conceived response to this incident" because it could end up disrupting gas supplies and not improving safety. PG&E Safety Culture Faulted, Panel Probing Blast Finds
The president praised teachers for their meritorious service in educating students, but declined to touch on teachers' complaints about their meager wages and poor living conditions.
There was a heated dispute between the merit water hyacinth on purification or pollution in water - bodies.
Should promotion be through merit or seniority?
Customers must also be given sufficient information about the risks involved in a transaction adequately to assess the merits of that transaction.
But Sophie Ryder is a sculptor who finds artistic merit in the more mundane aspects of rural life.
Several critics have pointed out information technology's negative aspects, partly to counterweigh the hype about all of its merits.
Scholars of great mystical movements and figures often go out of their way to explain that their subjects merit the term panentheism rather than pantheism, as if the second label is an insult. Why I am Not a Pantheist (Nor a Panentheist): Metaphysics, Totalization, and the Cosmos By Jonathan Weidenbaum
Because of people such as them, sports is the closest thing America has to a true meritocracy.
When the claim Of a roan of distinguished merit arose, there was generally no vacancy of this kind; and when the vacancies occurred, the offices were in truth given away upon political or family considerations, without much re - gard to distinguished merit The word sinecure was a very unpopular word, and indeed so was the word pension, of which several no very favourable definitions had been given. The Parliamentary Register: Or an Impartial Report of the Debates that Have Occured in the Two ...
He wrote a meritorious theme about his visit to the cotton mill.
Moving to grab a share of the $ 70 billion long-distance market, Ameritech Corp.
Now it merits but a few column inches in a few papers.
they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel
when Roger Maris powered four home runs in one game his performance merits awe
Such clauses need not prevent the prosecution of meritorious suits.
innocent of literary merit
But the Government department has decided the building has been altered too much to merit a listing.
Reply Obj. 3: The merit of an almsgiver depends on that in which the will of the recipient rests reasonably, and not on that in which it rests when it is inordinate. Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province
Now an emeritus professor of Manchester University, he has lectured all over the world.
Tygris, et Euphrates, ab ista dimidia parte terrae circa 苢uatoris circulum terrae influentes, quapropter et merito credendum videtur, exire de eodem fonte et alia quatuor flumina irrigantia terram oppositam, quae est circa alteram dimidiam partem circuli The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation
He actually had the temerity to tell her to lose weight.
Army 1st Lt. Richard Warehime is pinned with the Bronze Star Medal, which is given for bravery, acts of merit, or meritorious service, just minutes before his team departs on its next route clearance mission in Baghdad, February 2009. Latest Articles
There's little merit in passing the driving test if you don't have a car of your own.
In 1914 he was awarded the AIEE Edison Medal "For meritorious achievement in his early original work in polyphase and high-frequency electrical currents. Tesla, Nikola
Even the timorous Lord Mayor, who was summoned that night before the Privy Council to answer for his conduct, came back contented; observing to all his friends that he had got off very well with a reprimand, and repeating with huge satisfaction his memorable defence before the Council, ‘that such was his temerity, he thought death would have been his portion.’ Barnaby Rudge
It simply isn't true that the brightest and the best rise to the top in our so-called meritocratic society.
The governing class, defended as a meritocracy, resembles nothing more than the Chinese mandarinate.
And the '"steal Injun hoss!" iterated and reiterated by a dozen voices, and always with the most iracund emphasis, enabled Roland to form a proper conception of the sense in which his enemies held that offence, as well as of the great merits and wide-spread fame of his new ally, whose mere voice had thrown the red-men into such a ferment. Nick of the Woods
Civil servants should be recruited on merit alone.
In contrast to his messy private life, his military career was one of unmerited success. Times, Sunday Times
My understanding is you'd like an outside reader's appraisal of its academic merit, as there's been a bit of a fuss about it over there at Athabasca University.
As he points out, if the allegation were true, this leak would constitute a serious breach of national security and would merit condign punishment under a 1982 law.
We acknowledge that this change in the shape of the EU is indeed constitutional, does mark something pretty big, and merits the thumbprint of the nation to endorse it.
He reached his present senior position through sheer merit.
The air of contented shrewdness was all the more of a merit.
This recovery was the result of good headwork and great across-the-board CRM, and could easily stand on its own merits as an example of any of the seven critical CRM skills.
Some administrators even used them to award merit pay to teachers.
The common aspen or "popple," _Populus tremuloides, _ of our woods, is a meritorious little tree for certain effects. Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)
Demerit points alone can be used to predict a driver's subsequent crash involvement, but an even better model can be produced by including prior casualty crash involvements as well.
But, though it should happen that an author is capable of excelling, yet his merit may pass without notice, huddled in the variety of things, and thrown into the general miscellany of life.
Antiquity to angling is like social position to the gentleman:I would rather prove myself a gentleman, by being learned and humble, valiant and inoffensive, virtuous and communicable, than by any fond ostentation of riches, or, wanting those virtues myself, boast that these were in my ancestors; and yet I grant, that where a noble and ancient descent and such merit meet in any man, it is a double dignification of that person. . . The ideal of the gentleman
Reputation is an idle and most false imposition; oft got without merit, and lost without deserving. William Shakespeare
To be fair, Lloyd-Jones certainly recognised that there was merit in such a procedure.
It seems I have been presented with an excellent opportunity to acquire merit by serving a holy man in charity.
If you speak of an acanthopterygian, it is plain that you are not discussing perch in reference to its roasting or boiling merits; and if you make an allusion to monomyarian malacology, it will not naturally be supposed to have reference to the cooking of oyster sauce. The Book-Hunter A New Edition, with a Memoir of the Author
They work hard to earn their merit pins and merit badges.
The merit of the report is its realistic assessment of the changes required.
But the gauzy Norman Rockwell normality he invoked won't persuade the electorate at a time of 10 percent unemployment, the Damocles sword that hangs over his head for 2012, when voters will get a chance to weigh in directly on his presidency, which he has largely placed in the hands of Ivy League meritocrats more concerned with protecting their wealthy coevals than the general public. Jacob Heilbrunn: Obama's Tactical Press Conference
But perhaps he overestimates the sturdiness of the SAT-based meritocracy that he wishes to see deposed.
As a computational facility, Undo has no merit.
I disagree strongly with the answer in last week's Car Clinic regarding the comparative merits of a 4x4 off-roader and a car with four-wheel drive in snowy conditions in a hilly area.
Hartshorne eventually became a long-term emeritus professor at Austin and lived there until his death on October 9, 2000. Charles Hartshorne
Closer examination, however, suggests that this assumption may not be merited by the evidence.
One of the German reporters had even had the temerity to suggest that Todd was undergoing plastic surgery. COLDHEART CANYON
To promote young, meritorious and aspiring models, there is exhaustive information regarding advertising agencies and event managers in search of young models.
That is a very important point, but let us put it aside and consider the merits of the direction.
Hi gradus sicut nominibus et numero sunt diversi so also so they differ in order and merit; The secret to prayer; Lectio Divina (For the feast of St. Romuald, June 19)
Stanley Coren, PhD, FRSC, is a professor emeritus in the psychology department at the University of British Columbia and a recognized expert on dog-human interaction. Born to Bark
One who resolves to give his life for God if called upon has the merit of an actual martyr, since God considers a good intention as an accomplished deed.
Opinion about the artistic merit of his paintings has been mixed.
He dressed for the occasion, received higher class audiences, held forth on the merits and demerits of the film and was usually an expert on public taste.
Hamilton seemed to be finally persuaded of the merits of taking the game by the scruff of the neck.

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