Sentence examples for merits should from inspiring English sources

I used to take the view — and I think I've been pretty consistent about this — that special elections to Congress, while interesting on their own merits, should more or less be ignored in terms of their national implications.

His support for President François Hollande's military and diplomatic campaign after the Paris massacres, whatever the specific merits, should point the way toward more systematic cooperation between European countries.

Because the theory was "novel, in conflict with established beliefs and seemed to offer solutions for a thousand difficulties, which beset theories currently received" its merits should have been discussed.

That will include those poor whose effort and merits should allow the American Dream to come to fruition.

Perhaps more important, traditional public and cultural diplomacy, which is aimed at persuading foreign publics of America's merits, should be inverted.

Lady Ashton has other affairs to tend to -- and these make sense -- but when there is a chance of securing a new equilibrium in the Middle East, France on its own merits should be a core partner.

Are we naïve in thinking that merit should be considered?

Some within the ANC openly argue that merit should be a secondary consideration.

These substantially sound homes, most with little architectural merit, should be our main target for retrofitting.

Besides, the lawyers argue, if the lawsuit had no merit, should that not make the settlement that much more impressive?

He claims that merit should be the determining factor in any layoff decision, yet he knows that determining merit is difficult and open to negotiation.