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However, we cannot assess the merits of those views without first listening to the arguments advanced in support of them. My theory thus sheds a novel light on the arguments about the merits and dangers of different forms of executive structure. Rather, depending on what property is emphasised, there are many different families of curves, each with merits and disadvantages.

While the scheme has many merits, it mainly serves the white community and older people who are fit and able to care for themselves.

Despite the breadth of topics discussed in the book, there are three subjects that should have merited more consistent attention. Nonetheless, the impact of first-degree atrioventricular block merits including the topic in this review. Each work is judged on its merits and in many cases, [by virtue of an artist's] previous output. See all examples of merit. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

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And our gripes about the lack of light in our lives are not without merit — humans truly are solar powered. We resolved to do our best to merit the good opinion which we thus supposed them to entertain of us.

Agnew saw the picture, recognised its merit , and wrote a cheque for the full amount asked. Nor are these defects compensated by any high degree of merit in the delineation of the characters. A certain cabinet minister being asked why he did not promote merit? He is thought to be little inferior to Racine in the merit of his dramatic compositions. New Word List Word List. Save This Word! This is the British English definition of merit. View American English definition of merit.

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