Sentence examples for sheer merit from inspiring English sources

It's not all on sheer merit, don't kid yourselves, though we should pause to note in passing that most modern states retain elitist educational fast streams of one kind or another – including such self-consciously egalitarian republics as France and, differently so, the US.

Historic old-world maisons that craft luxurious art objects have traditionally benefited from the sheer merit of their products.

He has won his way to the very front rank by sheer merit, and bats and fields so well that he would be worth playing in any eleven if he could not get a wicket".

Everyone in the team had foregone salary and a stipend, and come on board based on the sheer merits of the idea.

Steinbrenner was a builder, a successful club owner, but does he deserve to be in on sheer baseball merit?

They blame the ambitions of Mukesh's wife, and his determination to secure the succession for her and for their children.Both brothers have bragged of their companies' professionalism and ability to compete internationally a rebuff to critics who accuse Reliance of thriving through political influence rather than sheer commercial merit.

She said: "This shortlist achieves the near impossible of combining literary merit with sheer readability.

Did it win for lasting creative merit, or sheer popularity, as evidenced by box office?

"He kind of came to epitomize, if not exactly a rags-to- riches story, but more of how a person from a relatively humble background, out of sheer hard work and merit, could really rise to the top of the ladder," said Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, a political commentator.

Journalists around the world argued that beyond their sheer news value, the cartoons merited publication as a show of support for free expression.

Not for its merits but for its sheer volume.