Sentence examples for what merit from inspiring English sources

"What merit there may be in the pictures illustrating this book is largely due to two factors," he writes.

The brutal question is what merit the book would have if it were not by JK Rowling.

I was left wondering what merit there is in milking the benefits of a foodstuff that is generally taken to play an indispensable nutritional role.

What merit to a historical account of a presidency so soon after the event – in fact, while events are still spinning (Bush doesn't exit the White House until January)?

Explaining the decision to do so, a spokesperson for the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) told the Observer: "After an initial review of the case, we decided that we would need to conduct further detailed investigations to establish what merit there may or may not be in the submissions made to us.

"Since I have difficulty defining merit and what merit alone means, and in any context, whether it's judicial or otherwise, I accept that different experiences in and of itself, bring merit to the system," she said, adding, "I think it brings to the system more of a sense of fairness when these litigants see people like myself on the bench".

Workplaces need to re-examine and challenge what merit-based positions actually mean, according to an Australian report which says meritocracies sometimes hide gender biases and protect a male-dominated status quo.

But then he starts asking questions: What merits a name?

"It has me thinking about unconscious prejudice and what merits prestige in our culture.

Or do they expect papers to decide for themselves what merits attention?

She also deferred action on a good deal of pressing business, exercising what Levin calls a "grotesquely subjective" sense of what merited her husband's limited energies.