Sentence examples for merit points for from inspiring English sources

Africa and AIDS are infrequent enough theatrical subjects to merit points for worthiness.

She later conceded the offender had done well to keep the stolen ingredients to under five dollars, awarding merit points for "creativity within a budget".

If you have decided to initial or stamp the packages, merit points for the same package being presented.

You can merit points for the calls, as it can count towards the final total or extra points on the side.

Smackfest, an extremely popular segment that began airing in the spring of 2004, featured pairs of listeners, mostly women, who'd been invited up to the studio and were asked to slap one another in the face, nine times each, with merit points awarded for style and enthusiasm, and a cash prize given to the consensus "winner".

The system used to award children merit points leading to rewards for good behaviour, but this was reversed so pupils lost points for bad behaviour instead.

As a kid, our schools ran a scheme whereby five merit points could be exchanged for free cinema tickets; I'm not sure if that's still going.

Five of Washington's points for invasion merit particular attention.

The measure of their skill is, in fact, judged by their position in the League table". Which, most would agree, is as it should be: nobody wants games decided by a panel of judges giving points for artistic merit.

One morning last September I was cycling to the train station, on my way to work, when the gears slipped and, before I could adjust, I was heading over the handlebars and on to the unforgiving road below, where I landed in an embarrassing sprawl: no points for artistic merit, on that occasion.

And it merits pointing out and pushing back against.