Sentence examples for genuine merit from inspiring English sources

But does any of this really matter, when awards seasons are an excuse for back-slapping by movie producers and have little to do with genuine merit?

Mr. Davis cited cases in which Mr. McCain had supported increased financing, and said the votes used by Mr. Bush involved Mr. McCain's opposition to allocations based on the political influence of various members of Congress, rather than genuine merit.

Like so much in life, the Pig proves contradictory truths: that New Yorkers are fools, willing to endure any manner of nonsense to run with the pack, and that New Yorkers are sages, able to divine and embrace genuine merit in the middle of bedlam.

They argue that every truly great player has won a major and that certainly is a point of view that has genuine merit.

On the other hand, the programmes are designed to select applicants who have genuine merit, in order to produce physicians that reflect more "closely the social groups for which they are going to care" [ 7].

In any case, sustained commitment to genuine merit-based promotion is needed throughout the civil service, to ensure apprentices – and also direct entrants without degrees – meet no glass ceilings on their way up.

The Russian State Opera is currently touring Puccini's Japanese tragedy in a production that possesses genuine merits, most of them musical.

The question is whether our fortunes slowly turning, or whether cynical politics will erode the genuine merits of the designs before us today.