And though critical opinion was divided over the opera's musical merits, everyone acknowledged the vocal and dramatic demands of that role.
The Solicitor General does not dispute that Hohn's claim has considerable merit and acknowledges that the trial court committed an error of constitutional magnitude.
Gian Marco was knighted as a Cavaliere del Lavoro, an order of merit that acknowledges his contributions to Italian business.
"We are firmly convinced," he wrote in his 1897 annual report, "that wherever there are people and soda fountains, Coca-Cola will, by its now universally acknowledged merit, win its way quickly to the front of popularity".
"Why should I be concerned if I know these charges have no merit?" Judge Silberman acknowledged that he counts among his friends both Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, two of President Bush's most influential advisers on Iraq.
In 2008, councils set out to formalise who could be recognised with the title, demanding that recipients must fulfil at least one of the following criteria: An individual or organisation of outstanding and acknowledged merit, with close links to the City and County of Cardiff.
Diamond, on leave this year to be a Radcliffe Fellow, acknowledged the merit of Tough's focus on parenting.
The university seems to have acknowledged the merits of the project in the past.
In fairness, Mr Straw acknowledged the merits of front-line news and deplored delay and censorship that once 'helped governments to suppress the truth'.
Goff acknowledged Donald merited consideration.
Although the pope acknowledged his merits, by naming him "the Athlete of Christ", no anti-Ottoman coalition materialized.
