The phrase "are more meritorious" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing the worthiness or value of two or more subjects, indicating that one has greater merit than the others.
Example: "The contributions of the volunteers are more meritorious than those of the paid staff, as they dedicated their time selflessly."
Alternatives: "are more deserving" or "have greater merit".
He submitted that it is more meritorious for man to believe in God's existence by faith informed with love than to reach certainty by deductive reasoning.
In making such decisions, it is not enough just to say that expenditures in a given area are meritorious; they need to be more meritorious than other expenditures.
There are cases in which "it is more meritorious to realize a lower value at a given level of difficulty … than to realize a higher one" (Findlay, 1961, p. 381).
"Well, that's fine, but how come there are more men with merit than women?" she continued, adding mockingly, "It seems that men are far more meritorious, you know".
"It has proved meritorious", Mr Chambliss claimed, "because we have collected significant information on bad guys, but only on bad guys, over the years".Others are more concerned.
The results also showed that based on students' responses, the predictors of being a positive role model and meritorious were more related to characteristics in group two; while, based on staff's responses, the predictors of being helpful friend and valuable colleague were related to the characteristics of both groups.
"Defendants who may have a meritorious mental health defense do not pursue the defense because the likely outcome is more punitive than a guilty verdict," Garton says.
All believers were called to their "vocations," and those of the clergy were not considered more meritorious than those of the laity.
Some of the Muslim pilgrim caravans continue, for example, because it is regarded as more meritorious to travel the hard traditional route.
