Sentence examples for merit time from inspiring English sources

Military rank is determined by merit, time in service and presence or absence of a college degree at the time of joining.

For this they gave Amir 60 days in solitary confinement and took away his merit time, rendering him ineligible for judicial relief under the new reforms of 2004.

In 1997 the International Society for the Performing Arts Foundation gave her an award of merit timed to the 50th anniversary of her agency.

In Rosberg, they have a man who can win when Hamilton hits trouble and who is good enough to beat him on merit from time to time.

The Pataki administration also backed a merit-time program that allows nonviolent offenders who earn a high school diploma or get vocational training in prison to be considered for early parole.

With friends who merit face time, arrangements are carried out via electronic transmission.

It's another complaint that has lost none of its merit over time.

Mutombo has needed minutes to regain his form, but has not played well enough to merit the time on the court.

(For the most part, these companies deal not with felony probationers — "probation" as it's usually understood — but with people whose offenses are often too minor to merit jail time).

The AIA's coveted 25-Year Award, given to a building that had proved its merit over time, went to Hajj Terminal at the King Abdul Aziz International Airport in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia.

A first conviction would see offenders jailed for between ten days and a year, while a second offence would merit jail time of between 30 days and a year in addition to a fine of $10,000.