Sentence examples similar to sufficient in merit from inspiring English sources

After a federal jury in Houston found Mr. Burton guilty, the trial judge found that the amount was "in excess of 99 grams," sufficient to merit a life sentence despite the maximum of 30 years that would have otherwise applied.

But they are fighting to drive the Russians out of their country and fighting for national independence, and that is sufficient to merit American help, in the Administration view.

"The committee is satisfied that the total contraction in the economy is sufficient to merit the determination that a recession is under way," it said.

The NYT offers three arguments to the contrary, but none are sufficient to merit dismissal at this stage in the litigation.

He added that the concessions offered by Moscow, including the withdrawal of many Russian troops and Russian participation in the Geneva talks, were sufficient to merit a return to the negotiating table.

(For example, it is doubtful that mere infinite extent, or infinite divisibility, in space and time would be sufficient to merit that the universe be called divine).

In some countries, the quantities are small, and thus not sufficient to merit incorporation into formulations.

The public prosecutor said last week that the testimony presented did not appear to be sufficient to merit a conviction.

The issue the Supreme Court grappled with was whether this meant any lie was sufficient to merit denaturalization.

It is debatable whether more than four download times would improve coverage sufficient to merit the added bandwidth.

Whatever the molecular resemblance, this biologic behavior should be sufficient to merit the distinction of ADH from DCIS.