Collocations withmerit
These are words often used in combination withmerit.
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academic merit
If they are researchers, academic merit might be an incentive for recommending further research.
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actual merits
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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aesthetic merit
The user is able to judge and score each on aesthetic merit and continue to do so iteratively in order to evolve favoured instances.
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architectural merit
In our villages chapels of considerable architectural merit and worth are now garages or places of that kind.
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artistic merit
But artistic merit, to all appearances, is not.
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certificate of merit
The committee has made no complaints about him and a certificate of merit has been awarded.
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considerable merit
A cash payment to the care provider has, at face value, considerable merit.
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equal merit
In principle, all women gain equal merit through attendance and study.
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exceptional merit
Under the special circumstance heading, as the criteria are subjective and non-accountable, she might win 50 more points for exceptional merit or outstanding achievements.
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individual merit
Craik chooses the latter option for it is more in line with her celebration of individual merit and of the bourgeois dream of total freedom.
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intellectual merit
Yet there are at least three problems with the book that obscure its intellectual merit and make it difficult to evaluate its broader impact.
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intrinsic merit
As such, theorists of representative government see no particular intrinsic merit in securing high turnouts at elections.
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literary merit
She maintained that any literary merit (in both artistic and populist terms) of the series was enhanced rather than compromised by its educational aims.
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merit badge
In some cases, the entire subject has been dropped from the merit badge roster.
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merit system
By 1921, over 80 percent of the federal civilian work force was covered and protected by a national merit system.
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on the basis of merit
Even those purportedly appointed on the basis of merit examinations may not be.
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order of merit
Suppose a sportsman scores 40% marks in an examination, he will be treated as having scored 45% when admissions to a higher class are processed in order of merit.
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relative merit
The book finishes with three chapters intended to help the reader assess the relative merit of the competing accounts.
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scientific merit
Programs are prioritized based not on scientific merit or clinical need but their ability to wrest market share of lucrative patients eager for costly procedures.
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technical merit
These included technical merit, risk, contract conditions, time scale, cost, the balance of interoperability considerations, stretch potential, logistical implications, employment and overseas sales.
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