Sentence examples for a strict merit from inspiring English sources

The party's social insurance policy is based on radical market liberalism and a strict merit system.

The fact that it won over Charlie Kaufman's conceptually stunning stop-motion film Anomalisa is no surprise and though in terms of strict merit Anomalisa should really have won – and in fact should have been nominated for best picture and best work of art and indeed best sex scene – Inside Out has developed an enormous claim on everyone's loyalty and love.

Voltaire, for example, liked the idea of a state led by scholarly mandarins, chosen on the basis of intellectual merit in a strict examination system.

While parts of New York make a greater effort at quality control than Brooklyn does, the clear answer is to take judges out of the elective process altogether and have them appointed through a strict screening procedure based on merit.

In a trial on the merits, defendants are entitled to a strict observance of all the rules designed to bring about a fair verdict.

The Emperor adopted a strict policy for the selection of civil servants based on morality and merit.

So it doesn't surprise me [that I got those donations]." Insisting that there was a "strict firewall" between his policy shop and his campaign apparatus, Thompson went on to defend the merits of the bill.

This is a strict drag.

He was a strict disciplinarian.

Isn't a strict Muslim?

It's a strict sensation.