Sentence examples for be given on merit from inspiring English sources

This week the Public Administration Select Committee, which has been looking into the honours system, is expected to call for an end to a "Buggins's turn" approach to the awarding of honours, insisting they should be given on merit, whether to sporting figures, celebrities or civil servants.

"All positions should be given on merit alone, the best qualified candidate gets the job" was among the milder comments posted on news sites.

He's cherished doing a job which he was given on merit - and not because he's a prince.

And he might have known that outside his own country, the demand that gold be given on the merit of jumps alone might sound a little crazy.

The subtle message sent to all Yankees was that positions were no longer being given on the basis of merit.

Mr. Harrison added that each employee would be given consideration based on merits.

The mayor has about $800 million in the budget to provide about a 2.5percentt raise for most city workers, although he wants this money to be given out on the basis of merit.

They said Congress would be briefed in detail on the deal, and the public would be given enough information to persuade Americans of its merit.

Apparently, privilege has no place in journalism, where the playing field is even and journalists are given opportunities based on merit and hard work alone.

The censor board's spokesperson Anjum Rajabali told DNA: "12 Years A Slave was given clearance based on merit after it was felt that the scenes were necessary and that cutting them would take away from the film itself.

Wasim, a 43-year-old from Birmingham who had a first-class playing career with three counties lasting seven seasons, was anxious to stress in a range of interviews that he has been given the job on merit, and his ethnicity has not been a relevant factor in that process.