Sentence examples for be of questionable merit from inspiring English sources

That is not to devalue oral histories as such, but given the nature of a conflict in which so many people were killed in secret operations in what everyone regards as having been a "dirty war", the project was bound to be of questionable merit.

Despite having been rebuffed last year by Congress, the administration also stepped up its campaign to reduce pork-barrel spending, even singling out programs that it considered to be of questionable merit, like a $3 million renewable-energy project in Winona, Miss., and $2.25 million for "winter recreation opportunities" in Fairbanks, Alaska.

As credible experts, including some Democrats, have pointed out, much of this "long-term" spending either won't stimulate the economy now, is of questionable merit, or both.

Though much of the artwork on display during our visit was of questionable merit, we wholeheartedly admired the soaring ceilings, arabesque balustrades and intricate plasterwork hiding behind the building's dim facade of chipped paint and boarded-over windows.

Others have detailed why this change is of questionable merit, and Laura Laker eloquently explains why the media narrative of cyclist-as-menace is simply not backed up by any facts.

Methods used to project risks in low-Earth orbit are of questionable merit for exploration missions because of the limited radiobiology data and knowledge of galactic cosmic ray (GCR) heavy ions, which causes estimates of the risk of late effects to be highly uncertain.

I think the Health and Social Care Act is... of questionable merit.

The evidence of gang membership that prosecutors bring to bear in joint enterprise trials is often of questionable merit, according to Clarke and Williams.

"We're trying to riff off of some of this 60's stuff, even though these buildings were of questionable architectural merit," Ms. Diller said.

With the mid-term elections only a few months away, one suspects they will decline his advice.It is my understanding that the proposed House lawsuit is of questionable legal merit.

There are also concerns about whether Prime Ministerial patronage and Tory connections encouraged Britain's largest lottery distributor to award a grant that was, at best, of questionable merit.