Sentences with phrase «solely on the merit»

Therefore, the then -21-year-old college dropout decided to capitalize his ambitions solely on their merits — plus a few hundred dollars of his own.

Your depiction of Jesus in the 1999 miniseries Jesus may have been critically praised, but your low ranking is warranted solely on the merits of these promotional images which make Jesus look like he just left a blow dry bar.

Cuomo's office did not respond to a request for comment, but told the Times in December, «The authority ran a comprehensive procurement process based solely on the merit of the applications and with zero input from the governor's office.»

Think what could be done if they learned how to separate themselves from their old programming and started making decisions based solely on the merits an idea or an opportunity had for the business.

The Cabin in the Woods works solely on the merit of its humor.

Judging is based solely on the merit of the entry.

Were Lady Sword tits-less and bold enough to stand solely on its merits as a first - person dungeon crawler, there's no doubt it would be deemed a title that stumbles in more ways than it excels.

The only reason this isn't number one, is because the top three win solely on the merit of gameplay and quite frankly, love.

Ed had heard about the highly selective Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, which admitted undergraduates solely on merit, and decided to apply.

Until the recently announced decision Copper Union was the only school of Art, Architecture, and Engineering in the country to offer full tuition scholarships to all admitted students, admittance based solely on merit.

«The College admits undergraduates solely on merit and awards full scholarships to all enrolled students.

The students, faculty, staff, and alumni have publicly reaffirmed Cooper Union's mission statement, which explicitly states that the college admits its students «solely on merit and awards full scholarships to all enrolled students.»

The College admits undergraduates solely on merit and currently awards a minimum of a 50 percent tuition scholarship to all enrolled students.

But those who believe the college should remain free saw symbolism when the words «The college admits undergraduates solely on merit and awards full scholarships to all enrolled students» disappeared from the «academic vision» statement on the school's Web site.

Founded by philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, the college's mission currently states that it «admits undergraduates solely on merit and awards full scholarships to all enrolled students.»

Painting, according to Richter, has to retain «something incomprehensible», and his intent in later works is for the viewer to dissect the painting based solely on the merits of the paint itself.

If you can't argue points solely on their merits, without using snide offensive remarks, then you can stay the hell out of this discussion.

While Steve, myself, Judith, and Michael Mann would prefer that our arguments be analyzed solely on their merits, I don't think it's going to happen.

I for one evaluate your posts based solely on their merit.

judicial vacancies must be considered based solely on their merit, record, aptitude and skill.

Chambers selects pupils (and tenants) solely on merit.

The statute provides that «selection must be solely on merit» and that the JAC «must have regard to the need to encourage diversity in the range of persons available for selection».

«We have a statutory duty to encourage diversity in the range of candidates available for selection and to select candidates solely on merit,» she added.

JAC Chairman Christopher Stephens says: «In 10 years the JAC has established an independent, transparent and modern process to ensure recommendations are open, fair, and made solely on merit.

Course providers can make other arrangements, ensuring your work can be assessed in the same way as other students — solely on merit.

At Hays, promotion is based solely on merit and high achievers can expect to be promoted rapidly to a significant level of responsibility across our specialist areas.

Not exact matches

Diversity advocates like Sen. Celine Hervieux - Payette have called for hard quotas on representation, while critics have argued that women should be appointed solely on their own merit.

One side vehemently argues the merits of innovating vis - à - vis customer feedback; the other argues that true innovation is created by singularly gifted visionaries who ignore customer input and instead manufacture innovation based solely on their prophetic vision for a better future.

We all have our various forms of legalism (myself included), and the task is to see where these are, and slowly but surely learn to depend and rely solely on the grace and forgiveness of God instead of our own merit.

«When our mindset is neither dominated by an anxiety regarding the weakening of one's own positions nor closed to possibly necessary corrections, then all sorts of questions, which early on were raised solely from an apologetical perspective, can now be raised on their own merits, with an honesty and open - mindedness, which is decisively necessary for all theoretical reflection.»

The committee's plan for determining which teams play in the best games has not yet been completely disclosed, but if it leads to a common - sense determination of teams based on merit, rather than an application of cryptic and unforgiving rules made solely to prevent unscrupulous bowl executives from turning every big bowl game into Notre Dame against someone vaguely local, it's a massive improvement in the process.

«We value individuality, but I think today the great merit of reversing the outcome is based solely on the collective.

Patients who have low frailty scores will probably do well and should be considered on the merits of their health, and not solely on age.

In his testimony, Yamamoto emphasized the importance of using the merit review committees to judge proposals solely on their scientific merit.

Capua's lawyer, Armando de Zuani, says it's «unusual» for a judge in charge of a preliminary hearing to enter into the merits of a case, as Donati did, if the charges can be dismissed solely based on the statute of limitations.

It's hard to judge Avengers: Infinity War solely on its own merits, but it stands a simultaneously satisfying and unsatisfying piece of MCU history.

To the extent that the most important staffing decisions involve sanctioning incompetent teachers and rewarding the very best teachers, a principal - based assessment system may affect achievement as positively as a merit - pay system based solely on student test results.

«I don't believe merit pay based solely on test scores is appropriate,» said Marc Liebman, superintendent of the Berryessa Union School District in San Jose, Calif. «The research I did [for] my doctorate... indicated that using test scores as a hammer doesn't work.

Also against merit pay based solely on student achievement scores is the Economic Policy Institute, which recently released a report titled «Teachers, Performance Pay, and Accountability: What Education Should Learn from Other Sectors.»

Publishing isn't some magical industry where manuscripts are chosen based solely on literary merit.

Which is a pity, because I'd rather make decisions like my publishers do — solely on artistic merit and promo appeal.

The negative roll yield where futures prices are in contango may be a reason to valid reason to avoid commodities; however, commodities should be viewed in the context of a wider portfolio, and not solely on their own merits.

Selections will be made solely on the basis of merit, fitness, and qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, marital status, political affiliation, national origin, physical handicap, sexual orientation, membership or non-membership in an employee organization, or any other non-merit factors.

In the topsy - turvy and fickle world of gamer allegiances, Valve seems to have cracked the code (to our wallets) by firstly offering a DRM - platform - as - a-service that actually works, and secondly, providing a case study in successfully operating a free - to - play game that is excellent on its technical merits and profitable based solely on the sale of cosmetic micro-transactions.

To mark the arts center's 25th anniversary, the paintings and sculptures are on loan to the Wexner Center through December, and were compiled with solely the individual merits in mind, Abigail Wexner said.

He's against the idea of implementing tuition for its undergraduate students, saying the idea of accepting students solely based on merit encourages them to «do something with their knowledge, instead of having to constantly grind in an office to pay off a debt.»

The merits of a given practice, therefore, can not be judged solely on effectiveness of GHG mitigation.

Progression in law is not one that is solely based on merit, as much as we would like to believe that it is.

Distinctions based on personal characteristics attributed to an individual solely on the basis of association with a group will rarely escape the charge of discrimination, while those based on an individual's merits and capacities will rarely be so classed.

a) the respondent was habitually resident in the State of origin at the time proceedings were instituted; b) the respondent has submitted to the jurisdiction either expressly or by defending on the merits of the case without objecting to the jurisdiction at the first available opportunity; c) the creditor was habitually resident in the State of origin at the time proceedings were instituted; d) the child for whom maintenance was ordered was habitually resident in the State of origin at the time proceedings were instituted, provided that the respondent has lived with the child in that State or has resided in that State and provided support for the child there; e) except in disputes relating to maintenance obligations in respect of children, there has been agreement to the jurisdiction in writing by the parties; or f) the decision was made by an authority exercising jurisdiction on a matter of personal status or parental responsibility, unless that jurisdiction was based solely on the nationality of one of the parties.