If an idea has merit, it has merit.

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

Exciting but lacks personality

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

Counsellor (merit), June 1994

A certificate of merit...

The kitchen lacks a dishwasher.

And Prof. Zaizen lacks conscience.

Second Secretary (merit), December 1981

First Secretary (merit), December 1987

And no merit but one.

What other merit have we?

Such restriction lacks any legal basis.

I think it lacks of 12.

There is merit to this practice.

Minister Second Class (merit), June 2000

All these aspects merit keen attention.

Minister Second Class (merit), April 1978

1. Merit based appointment and promotion

Play every ball on its merit.

The main criterion is merit and qualifications.

The only consideration is qualification and merit.

Minister First Class, Ambassador (merit), December 1984

What has He done to merit this?

Your body has that perfection which perfection lacks.

Rio Branco Order of Merit, Brazil, 1990, 1994

He is doing very well considering he lacks experience.

Unfortunately, the process lacks the necessary transparency and credibility.

C. Staff often lacks capacity for effective information management

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.

(a) Appointments should continue to be based on merit

This delegate saw some merit in ambiguity of terminology.

Organic products may merit particular attention in this respect

These cases are reviewed on the basis of merit.

Many of these have merits and merit our approval.

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

Although it lacks precision it does possess scope and flexibility.

Maybe he lacks instinct, but that will come with time.

I have to say Pierre plays his sonatina almost perfectly. Miss Giraud told me again today, it's not that he lacks musical talent but he lacks good will.

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.