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

Among other possible standardized principles are concepts of a unified, standardized civil service system based on principles of merit.

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

Bill Gates I've seen some things you're doing in the system that have to do with motivation and feedback energy points, merit badges.

Counsellor (merit), June 1994

Second Secretary (merit), December 1981

First Secretary (merit), December 1987

In its current form, India s parliamentary system can produce only non performing, corrupt governments. It rewards ambition, promotes office at any cost politics, and devalues merit.

A standardized merit system requires that all employees enter through the same procedures and receive an offer of employment based only on their talent, skills and knowledge.

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.

It saw merit in the Global Compact as one of several voluntary corporate responsibility initiatives and was keenly interested in the plans to establish an advisory board and tighten the reporting system.

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.

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

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.

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.

It is worth recalling that similar procedures were more common under the Permanent Court of International Justice, and proposals to expand the advisory role of the ICJ, as the principal legal organ of the United Nations system, merit further consideration.

There is merit in both positions but much more in the Spanish and Italian argument.

Governments were advised that future selection will be based on merit and not national allocation.

Disarmament conventions merit the support of all States, small or large, nuclear or non nuclear.

Such merit is usually understood to be academic achievement, a combination of talent and training. This is measured by academic degrees, which in turn are graded on merit A, B, C, D, or First, Upper Second, Lower Second, Third.

Chile s Instituto Nacional, a fiercely competitive secondary school for boys, is as old as the Republic itself. With no fees and an entrance system based entirely on merit, students from middle and working class families comprise the vast majority of the student body.

2.12 On 11 March, the Trial Court dismissed the motion for reconsideration for lack of merit.

The guiding principle is merit and relevance of the officer to the international meeting or conference.

Peace be upon you. You merit this reward for your steadfastness. How excellent is the ultimate abode!