Sentence examples for means merits from inspiring English sources

Yet that is essentially what the proponents argue in their briefs before the Supreme Court when they make the case that the biological fact of same-sex couples' inability to reproduce by natural means merits denying them marriage rights.

Effectively that means merit increases are at zero for the entire campus.

The word is derived from two Latin words: ' dignitas', which means merit, implying that one has to achieve something to be dignified; and ' dignus' [ 2, 3], which means worth, suggesting a quality that renders something valuable or confers value for one's wealth [ 4].

Absolute parity of income would mean merit and moral worth would be rewarded with esteem and not with cash.

They are at poles, which is why the Queen always looks so odd when photographed with real – I mean merited – popular heroes, unless they are the ordinary glossy Wasps.

Reviews of compilation CD's, DVD's, books and rival zines (Twenty Eight Pages Lovingly Bound With Twine, produced in Danville, Ohio, earns an endorsement, but Urban Rag, out of Tannersville, N.Y., is panned for "trying to look like something that is way beyond its means") merit back-of-the-zine sections.

It might only have been a friendly, but the performance, the fact it was at home, and the general malaise that followed means this merits a place on the list.

Of course, whenever you ask them why that's so great, they go on about being able to order Turkish food one night and Thai the next, so that means the merits of diversity are measured by how well they serve white people.

And by equal merit I mean no merit.

I don't care whether it's on line, or in the paper copy, or delivered to my Kindle, or if you etch it out in stone - it's writing and just because it's available on line doesn't mean it merits a new word, especially one that sounds like a problem that only a skilled plumber can resolve.Ouch, and touché.

Andre Fabre's record with juveniles in Britain means Lawmaking (3.40) merits close inspection in the Somerville Tattersall Stakes.