Sentence examples similar to merited position from inspiring English sources

Generally, these men were neither sufficiently good players nor leaders to merit a position in the team, but Yorkshire's side was strong enough to include them in the interest of maintaining amateur leadership.

A victory parade has already been provisionally arranged for Berlin and Joachim Löw's team have played with enough distinction to merit their position as marginal favourites.

Patton maintained that his friends had followed proper personnel protocol in applying for and securing merit positions.

These charges were particularly damaging because, earlier in the year, the General Assembly had ordered Patton to cut 800 non-merit positions to help balance the budget.

Cash generated from the rundown of the stockpile was always an important element of MG Rover's underlying position and merited specific analysis.

Inverness have been the league's surprise package and have turned in some wonderful performances to fully merit their lofty position.

"What did Robert E. Lee do to merit his distinguished position?

The majority favoured keeping him and, much more significantly, the word inside the club is that McCarthy's position has never merited discussion.

It should be read by anyone who believes this country merits its position on the index.

Even today, Italy remains a land where complex networks of connections and family ties can still, as in feudal times, count more than merit or position, whether in getting a job or a bank loan.

We would like to own them at some point, but not until we feel that the risk/reward trade-off merits a position.