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

Counsellor (merit), June 1994

Second Secretary (merit), December 1981

First Secretary (merit), December 1987

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.

For General Service staff in Vienna, the salary increase is projected at a level of 2.2 per cent per annum, comprising an average increase of 1.4 per cent as a result of average consumer price and wage index increases and 0.8 per cent due to in grade increments and merit promotions.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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

(a) That are based on principles of efficiency, transparency and objective criteria such as merit, equity and aptitude

Furthermore, a country's attributes in demographic terms and its strong commitment to democracy and human rights merit consideration.

Some have retained a centralized structure, albeit with clearly defined purposes and with a renewed emphasis on merit.

Lastly, an important delegation has made specific suggestions for Security Council reform that we believe also merit serious consideration.

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