actual merits
collocation in Englishmeaningsofactualandmerit
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actual
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈæk.tʃu.əl/us/ˈæk.tʃu.əl/
existing ...
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merit
noun[C or U]
uk/ˈmer.ɪt/us/ˈmer.ɪt/
formal
the quality of being good and ...
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(Definition ofactualandmeritfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The first is theactualmeritof the proposal out of which the controversy has arisen.
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The 14th day is spent preparing and decorating the food tray, and the 15th day is theactualmerit-making day.
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We should be glad on a point of this kind to have some answer dealing with the actual merits of the case.
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I am looking at the actual merits of the terms.
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I would submit that this is the case, whatever may be the actual merits of the decisions.
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As to the actual merits of the proposal itself, this will occur in very rare instances indeed.
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I have never taken a strong view on the actual merits or demerits of these legislative proposals.
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With regard to the actual merits of this subject, surely it is true to say that man is not by nature a town-dweller.
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I am confining my proposals to the power to disapprove expenditure on educational grounds and on the actual merits of the proposed expenditure.
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The committee accepted the principle that land should be vested in the corporation, though they did not consider the actual merits of individual plots.
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I do not desire to enter into a discussion upon the theoretical or actual merits of compounding now.
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Those assessments depend entirely on the actual merits of particular buildings and an appeal procedure would not therefore be appropriate.
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There are various views about the actual merits of this idea and the practicability of it.
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I should like to say a word or two with regard to the actual merits.
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The only questions which this court desires to have submitted to it are those which involve the actual merits of a case.
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