But the idea has a merit. The idea has a merit.

The average man fails not because he lacks ability, but because he lacks ability to concentrate.

Counsellor (merit), June 1994

The kitchen lacks a dishwasher.

Second Secretary (merit), December 1981

First Secretary (merit), December 1987

Such restriction lacks any legal basis.

There is merit to this practice.

Minister Second Class (merit), June 2000

All these aspects merit keen attention.

The main criterion is merit and qualifications.

The only consideration is qualification and merit.

However, within the mining sector, word appears to have spread that the Government lacks the capacity, and UNMIL lacks the mandate, to enforce such a policy.

He is doing very well considering he lacks experience.

Unfortunately, the process lacks the necessary transparency and credibility.

Because it's a U.N. operation, of course, it lacks funding.

Lo! those who merit paradise this day are happily employed,

Lo! those who merit paradise this day are happily employed,

However, we also recognize the merit of paragraph 24 (b).

We believe that the proposed measures merit our serious consideration.

The proposal for a standing fund for peacebuilding has merit.

Reforms to patronage systems most often produce bureaucratic merit systems.

The decision to establish child protection task teams also has merit.

We agree that they merit a proper place in our system.

The final selection is based entirely upon merit regardless of gender.

This means the housing lacks either electricity, heating, clean water or toilet.

Several delegations indicated that topics A, B and C all had merit.

Repetitive this may sound but these agreed parameters merit repetition and reiteration.

Rather, the appellant has an erroneous or different understanding of its merit.

FCN treaties merit special examination as a changing area of international law.

Because it lacks the institutional, organizational, managerial forms to turn it into capital.

My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.

My knees are weak through fasting. My body is thin and lacks fat.

Members of CEB are not quite clear about the merit of this recommendation.

Accordingly, this aspect of the communication should be dismissed for lack of merit.

Alternatively, this aspect of the communication should also be dismissed as lacking merit.

The court decreed that admission to medical colleges should be on open merit.

Scholarships are based on academic performance purely on the basis of open merit.

Surely most of them merit the decree of chastisement so they do not believe.

Surely most of them merit the decree of chastisement so they do not believe.

The constructive proposals in the draft resolution merit the support of the international community.

Many exercise this option and the courts consider and decide such cases on merit.

So we re very good, when acting out a solution, at spotting whether something lacks authenticity.

Like a gold ring in a pig's snout, is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

A tyrannical ruler lacks judgment. One who hates ill gotten gain will have long days.