Sentence examples for meritorious of from inspiring English sources

For by the conventional definition, which relies heavily on scores on the SAT, the privileged are the meritorious; of all students nationwide who score more than 1300 on the SAT, two-thirds come from the top socioeconomic quartile and just 3percentt from the bottom quartile.

Clocking in at just under 24 minutes, Damsels in Distress is fairly long for an internet video, and it lacks the fast editing, punchy antics, and whatever other magic qualities deem a video meritorious of viral linking.

In summary, the results of this study show that continued administration of Arctigenin, at a selected therapeutic dosage, is safe and efficacious in the prevention of vasospasm in this experimental model and is meritorious of further investigation.

"This court does not lightly disturb a conviction in such a serious case as this," Justice Rooney wrote, but "the court, without reservation, is firmly and soundly convinced of the meritorious nature of the defendant's application".

A 2nd century, swastika-flanked inscription on the back wall of the veranda translates: "A meritorious gift of a chapel cave by the distinguished Sulasadata, son of Heranika of Kalyana [modern Kalyan near Mumbai]." Between caves 5 and 6, on higher level, is an excavation originally intended either for a dwelling or for a seat, but converted into a cistern following discovery of a rock-fault.

Another inscription in the recess of the second cistern reads translated: "A meritorious gift of a cistern by Lachhinika (wife) of Torika the Na daka [and] Nadabalika, wife of Isimulasami".

In the recess of the first cistern, an inscription reads translated: "A meritorious gift of a cistern by Saghaka a goldsmith, son of Kudira of Kalyana".

British Empire Medal The "people's medal" is awarded for meritorious civilian of military service worthy of recognition.

Furthermore, the traditional idea of merit (or "superabundance") associated with supererogation is reflected in secular ethical theory in the duty of gratitude: acknowledging the meritorious nature of a gift or any non-obligatory well doing is the morally obligatory response (irrespective of the moral praise which might or might not accrue to the agent of the supererogatory act).

I threw out these questions to a group of highly educated, highly meritorious group of 400 women who gathered at the Federal Reserve Bank in New York to consider the findings of those numerous annual reports on the status of women.

The tests of sampling adequacy showed a meritorious correlation of items (Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin-criterion = 0.75).