Sentence examples for almost merits from inspiring English sources

"Bell may be absolute toilet with the bat but he almost merits his place in the side on the strength of his close-fielding ability alone," exclaims Adam Levine.

We're not fans of paying a sales load if you can help it, but this fund almost merits an exception to the rule, especially if you can be sure of staying invested for a long time.

This is why competition between products is almost never about merit, nor is it fair.

A headline-grabbing plan to charge for plastic bags has, whatever its other merits, almost nothing to do with climate change.The world-weary argue that greenery was merely a convenient cloak beneath which a cash-strapped government could levy a few more taxes.

On a night when Bill Clinton was the true star of the Democratic National Convention — giving a 40-minute speech about his wife's merits — celebrities almost seemed unnecessary. .

The work of these almost-winners certainly merits some recognition outside of narrow professional circles.

And teachers' unions almost unanimously oppose merit pay, fearing that it is unfair, encourages competition among teachers and eats into the extra pay that could be distributed to everyone.

One student earned almost $90,000 from merit scholarships!

Contests, which offer prizes based on some sort of merit, almost always have better odds than sweepstakes with similar prizes because contests require skill and time.

Furthermore, their efforts and successes were based almost exclusively upon the merits of a single study that was published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 1990 (Rudman et al 1990).

John Wallop, the third earl of Portsmouth, is almost entirely forgotten now, meriting no more than a footnote in other people's biographies.