Sentences with phrase «of much merit»

Not exact matches

That Monday's accident was the first fatal incident involving a fully autonomous vehicle indicates that arguments for their safety have merit, but much of that testing has occurred on highways, which are easier for self - driving cars to navigate than dense, urban environments.

Successful brainstorms incorporate a diverse group of people collaborating with one another and contributing as much as possible without any arguments, debates or snap decisions on their merit.

This piece lets us know where Davidoff stands on FTTs, it doesn't provide much information on the merits of the policy.

There is much discussion of the merits and implications of possible candidates for the job.

If not for the fact that I write these weekly comments to address everything - favorable and unfavorable - with my shareholders, I wouldn't consider a pullback of 6.5 % as meriting much discussion.

As an active options trader myself, I've always felt that one of the most important measures of the merit of any CSEP is how much profit I'll earn if the stock goes sideways.

It's called the network effect, and it's the same thing that gives social media giants like Facebook and Twitter so much unshakable presence, and has spelled the doom of countless ambitious social media startups regardless of their technical merit.

Performance aside, the intangible brand merits that Swiss banks typically sell their clients on — stability, robustness, history, exclusivity, impeccable service — are much the same as many luxury houses, says Jon Cox, Kepler Chevreux's head of European consumer equities.

You also can't provide anyone with sufficient evidence to raise the question of its reality to where it merits (much less demands) consideration.

You can travel pretty much anywhere in the world without worry; you can walk into a job interview and expect to be taken on your merits, not as a representative of your gender.

Sure, much of the public's attention is still on Black Panther, which has raked in $ 1.3 billion worldwide, but to be fair, Ready Player One, Fifty Shades Freed and the perplexing kids flick Sherlock Gnomes likely failed on their own merits, not because everyone was rejoining the line to see T'Challa battle Kilmonger again and again.

you are but one, we are many,,,, my friends will never return and it is a disgrace in their memory... on our own soil... where they died needlessly under the hatred of those people for our way of life... don't insult us... as we have been through much over these years and this will only lead to more distrust and anguish... how can you sleep at nite as we have great difficulty... please do not support this project is does not merit consideration... at this time...

(Now by denying the merit of works the Reformation established merit firmly at the centre of its theology, a thing the Bible never does and hence so much confusion).

This alone merits attention — as there is much talk about the relative dearth of Catholic authors today — but Trower's life and work offer something more, as they speak to questions that are currently circulating within the Church.

There is of course much merit in shedding theoretical blinders in order to see with fresh eyes what may really be going on.

We all realise that it is not the aspect of traditional Catholic teaching on marriage which is going to inspire and attract in our secular age, but there is no mention of the «remedy for concupiscence» angle or much on Original Sin, which I would have thought merited more than a passing nod.

Personally, I think only one of these answers has much merit, but none of these four are the top reason I believe the Christian faith is uniquely true.

Naturally Mormon writers deny this and defend the book as a genuine revelation received through the prophet Joseph Smith.27 It is impossible to enter here into the merits of the controversy, but there is much circumstantial evidence to support the claim of non-Mormon scholars.

And since, by definition, the majority of people are clustered around the average in terms of intelligence hardly makes their opinion on anything have much merit.

A much more plausible explanation is to assume that Plantinga has not significantly modified his position for the same reason that Griffin has not significantly modified his position: because he doesn't believe that any of the criticisms leveled against his position thus far merit such modification.

This alone merits attention — as there is much talk about the relative dearth of Catholic authors today — but Trower's life and work offer something more, as they speak to questions that are being asked within the Church today.

so much so that they seek out something without any merit nor even a shredd of evidence and then claim it to be more then truth but the word of god who for all intents and purposes is equal to every other make believe creature in the entire history of man - kind!

He merits sympathy rather than blame; and if he keeps his connection with the church enough to support it by his attendance and contributions, in spite of what must seem to him the irrelevance of many of its activities, he deserves much credit.

Dr. Harold W. Watts, for example, presented a scheme in 1972 to the Democratic Platform Committee which has much merit.10 It would replace the whole system of present public assistance programs and individual income tax schedules.

My comment is not so much about the merits of their case as it is the 180 - degree turn the White House did on SCOTUS when the decision did not go their way.

Saying that Jesus is a myth has a lot more merit because there's much less objective historical docu.ments on jesus unlike the various emperors of Rome.

To thrust aside a work of such sensitivity, honesty, perception, to have canceled out its conspicuous merits by invoking a rigid canon which is itself susceptible to much interpretation, would have been to judge ourselves wilfully blind to the contrasts of beauty and ugliness that underlie human life.

It is the merit of liberal thought to have taken human freedom much more seriously.

For all the merits of debate between Keynesians and libertarians, much is left out.

The heart of the Instruction had much in it of the official Catholic norms, but the sacraments were cut to two, there were no references to sacrifice, Indulgences or merit; special devotion and saint days were omitted.

But though it was now of less importance, he was still failing to gain that merit towards which so much of the Church's official procedures seemed to be directed.

There is much debate over the relative merits of conventional farming, which has a large environmental impact on the land it uses, and organic farming, which may require greater land use for the same yield.

There was much debate about the merits of third party standards vis - à - vis in - house schemes.

But here in California, much to the delight of many wine drinkers, a few winemakers have discovered the merits of bottling it on its own.

I think some people put too much merit in the small part of the squad interaction they see.

Eriksen has helped Ajax to three successive Eredivisie titles and feels he has achieved as much as he can at the Amsterdam club, and whilst the Danish international can indeed enjoy Champions League football he is looking for a fresh challenge and Rodgers will hope to convince the 21 year old of the long term merits of joining a Liverpool side that are responsibly building for the future.

Perhaps we should judge Draper on his own merits (which admittedly is hard to do ATM when so much of what he is doing is behind the scenes) rather than who mentored him.

i guess little mix will also be ecstatic at what must be welcome news; Now, how much does alexis merit well he's at the end of contract and in position to call his own shots.

I am sure that the debate will be raging just as much as ever among Arsenal fans about the merits of our England international star Theo Walcott and whether or not he can provide the Gunners with a good enough option for the centre forward position.

As I said above, I'm happy to debate the merits of what's in front of us, and have people disagree with me, because I'm reasonably sure you (the general you, and you you) care as much about rectifying this scourge of rape culture.

Otherwise, I just plopped the few teams that needed new homes into vacated spots based on some vague combo of merit and geography, without paying much attention to current conference contracts (since those are pretty flexible anyway).

i'd be much more interested in discussing things on the merits, but you seem incapable of doing that, and resort to the same refrains, over and over and over.

Mourinho is keen to plan for the future and believes Barkley has the potential to be a player of great merit and by the summer if Roberto Martinez's side haven't shown much improvement, and haven't secured European football for next term, then the midfielder may well be ready to press ahead with a move to a side that can help his career progression.

There has been much heated discussion on JustArsenal about the relative merits of Schneiderlin and Wanyama as defensive midfielders, but two things are pretty certain.

One could argue that Raphael Varane hasn't really played much over the past two seasons to merit a place in the «best young player in Europe» category, but perhaps one should consider that he is at Real Madrid and has Sergio Ramos and Pepe ahead of him in the pecking order.

None of the penalty appeals had much merit even for a ref inclined to award so many as Mr Oliver.

And while there is much blurring, with some sick of Wenger but wanting him to bow out with a trophy and a legacy, and others who have supported his retention now angling for a change, that is our analytical right as fans — we can love the man yet get frustrated with him, we can support him and despair at some of his decisions, and we can debate his merits and flaws ad nauseam.

I recognize that NOCSAE's decision may have some technical merit; and that it may be to some degree be necessary to protect the integrity of its helmet standard by weeding out what one football helmet representative characterized in an email to me as «snake oil salesmen» marketing supplemental padding products that, despite their overblown claims, likely do little if anything to reduce, much less prevent, concussions, and may, at least in theory, compromise the ability of football helmets to protect players as the manufacturers intended.

Merit so much on behalf of this.

Much of what Druckerman observes has merit, and she expounded upon it during our lunch in New York City this week (to which she arrived looking every bit the part of the stereotypical Frenchwoman in all black, capped by a black beret).