Sentence examples for there on merit from inspiring English sources
"Just as Cook had to go from the one-day side because he would not have been there on merit, they could not bring Morgan into the Test side unless he was worthy of a place".
But it is largely agreed most are there on merit.
I sincerely want to be there, on merit".
"We were a little bit light due to injuries and he was there on merit.
But they're there on merit and Palace are good enough to be in the top six.
As we all know, the media industry in the UK is predominantly populated by people who got there entirely on merit, which somehow seems to have randomly overlapped with the fact that those people are also predominantly white and male.
Never mind the naysayers, who may use the fact they were outclassed as ammunition against their presence at Wembley, they were there totally on merit.
If you go back to the 1950s, which Buchanan apparently wants to do, and look at the major private universities, you would find that 20-30% of the admissions were "legacies," people who got there not on merit but because they were the sons of alumni and donors.
But compulsory quotas are a retrograde step; they mean women are seen as in a job because of their gender not their ability – and they are pointless because women can get there on their own merit.
There are substantial reasons, on merit, why you believe the council isn't treating residents fairly.
