Sentences with phrase «there on merit»

It's not stratospheric progress but it is sustainable progress because the women and minorities who will form about 20 % of the next parliamentary Conservative Party will all be there on merit.

I have held the top job in my own field for thirteen years now and certainly feel I got there on merit.

Defoe, Antonio and JWP all there on merit.

They're there on merit, with their -1 goal differential equal to the clubs on either side of them in the table.

«He's there on merit.

Podolski is not happy that the media doesn't think he is there on merit.

«He wanted to prove that he was there on the merits,» said a former Goldman colleague, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

And whoever leads the country should get there on their merits as a leader, not how many ostentatious public prayers they can give!

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The two - page document, marked «Top Secret,» mentions a draft decision paper that focuses on the «relative merits of retaining [deleted in document] as a high - priority secret national security installation versus the merits of the NASA belief that there would be domestic and foreign problems created by withholding the photograph.»

There are always people who want to take the conversation down the merit road, but the focus should really be on the incredible number of qualified women out tThere are always people who want to take the conversation down the merit road, but the focus should really be on the incredible number of qualified women out therethere.

«But you would think just on the merits alone, that would be so overwhelming that there would not be a problem,» Pethokoukis said.

But a report by the OECD published on March 16 indicated that there is still no global consensus on how best to proceed with the taxation of the digital economy or on the merits of an interim solution.

Hudson's Bay said in a statement on Wednesday the company «believes that there is no merit to this appeal, particularly in light of the fact that written consent in support of the equity investment, from sophisticated long - term shareholders representing well over 50 percent of HBC's outstanding common shares.»

«Since there's no rule restricting the way we give options to people who are not executives or directors, we make those decisions on a case - by - case basis, based on a worker's seniority, merit, and importance to the company,» he says.

The reason, experts say, is that even without specifically naming Trump or his associates, Mueller effectively threw a wrench into Trump's most passionate belief about his ascendance to the Oval Office: that he got there on his own merit and without any outside help.

But more often than not, you find yourself in a grey area where there is not a strong case to do something, where all incoming data have to be evaluated on their merits and policy options weighed up.

There was no time for specification of a proposal, let alone consultation on its merits, estimates of its revenue impact, or evaluations of its economic impact.

Using Pakistan as a case study, this article analyzes the ongoing debate and concludes that while there is merit to arguments on both sides, prudent policy recommendations for the governance of the United States» covert drone program fall somewhere in between.

There are other aspects of the NGP Report that merit further discussion, including its approach to adaptive management (we now have three different JRP reports in as many years that take different views on the extent to which AM can be relied upon in making a determination as to the likelihood of significant adverse environmental effects under CEAA), the precautionary principle, species at risk and Aboriginal consultation.

Yet, depending on your strategic viewpoint, there may be merit to owning both.

Perhaps the most important takeaway is that while there can be merit to any number of analytical styles (fundamental, sector, thematic, technical), a company's shares can take on a life of their own out in the secondary market where the shares live.

Generally speaking, the culture at boutiques works more in favour of clients than the big firms, but there are some terrific funds at the big firms — ultimately you need to study each fund in turn and decide on their individual merits.

If we are to have an open and productive debate on the merits of faith versus science it is critically important that we clearly understand what these terms mean; otherwise there is no opportunity to objectively discuss our viewpoints.

There is more merit to the Biblical Flood being based on a real event, than this article's merit.

For example, in my earlier short discussion on the Gospel of John, I lean towards some of the early chapters as having good merit, but then... we are given direct quotes of Jesus beginning in Chapter 14... by people that could not have been there....?

If there is a God and he is truly just, he will judge me based on my merits of helping fellow humans and making the world a better place to live, not how many times I dropped to my knees, clapped my hands together and chanted prayers.

Quite apart from conflicting views on the merits of the question at hand, there appears to be increasing opposition to the judicial usurpation of politics, of which the California court's decision is an egregious instance.

I asked the question to understand how (and if) it is possible to separate science from atheism in the minds of believers so we can truly discuss the concepts based on their evidentiary merits, not necessarily their philosophical implications if indeed there are any to be had.

Promotions are based on seniority, not merit, so there is little incentive for workers to upgrade their skills or learn new technologies.

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.

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.

Those who, as you say «put their faith in science» are doing nothing of the sort — there is no act of faith involved — on the contrary the evidence presented (such as in the case of the age of the Earth or the Universe) stands or falls strictly on its scientific merit: «Faith» is irrelevant.

This latter theory has the merit of suggesting that in the earlier formulation there was no inconsistency, hut that in the record of the renewed Covenant the new decalogue on the new tablets was essentially the reproduction of the original tables.

Ignatieff has been a wise, informed, and engaged observer of the dimensions of the terrorist threat and of the war on terror; and there is merit in the thoroughness with which he identifies, analyzes, and works through many elements of the dilemma we face.

There was a time when newspapers and magazines of a certain size had a knowledgeable religion reporter — perhaps not personally religious, but informed enough to treat religion on its own merits.

Turns out there's a stronger connection between chocolate and sex, and giving your love interest chocolate before a date or on Valentine's Day has some merit behind it.

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.

An appeal on the merits is not available for Tribunal merger authorisation decisions, but the ACCC is seeking judicial review, alleging three reviewable errors, including that the Tribunal erred in its reasoning that «it could only conclude that the proposed acquisition was likely to result in a detriment if the Tribunal concluded that there would be a substantial lessening of competition».

Narrated in Dawson's signature blend of sarcastic humor and well - researched facts, The Beer Geek Handbook will have veteran connoisseurs and newbies alike itching to get out there and crack open a cold brew while postulating on the merits of a good IPA.

But the beauty of the BlogPoll is that there are a lot of voters who genuinely care about merit, and, on the merits, Florida may have the nation's best résumé, given that the Gators have a win over the highest - ranked one - loss team and are the only squad with two wins over teams currently ranked in the BlogPoll.

Eligible for the Rose Bowl this year, UCLA should win the PCC title and get there on its own merits.

Yet besides Yu Darvish's collapse (which itself was the Hangover 2 of the series since basically the same thing happened four games prior) and Springer's dirt - on - the - grave home run (which was the second season of Stranger Things of the series because it had all happened before but not in quite the same way) there weren't any events that baseball had never seen before to actually merit the anxiety that seeped from this game.

There Howard Cosell interviews a wrestler named Golden George on the merits of Fruit of the Loom underwear, and Yogi Berra and his sons depict the generation gap.

Thinking about those times he was in Champions League squads, he was there because of injuries, not on merit.

There's perhaps been no one better in the world to start this season than Shubhankar Sharma, who's leading the Euro Tour Order of Merit, has two Euro wins on the season, and could easily have two more from Mexico and the Indian Open.

One week's worth of data isn't enough to move many teams on either side of the six - win line, but there were a few performances that merited slight adjustments to our preseason bowl projections.

If we base each tier on merit, then there are awkward relationships later — there's no Western team in Tier IV — but it works here.

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.

How you could witness what the rest of us have these last few years and ever even consider saying Arsenal should beat these teams on financial and historical grounds is completely beyond my comprehension because their is no financial muscle flexed at Arsenal and these teams, even Marseille, are bigger spenders, as for the history, well the problem there is the man that made alot of that history is they current manager and he has no qualms about damaging it as long as he gets to employ his own agenda, which only he now seems to know what this actually is Arsenal deserve nothing on merit going into any game.