10 sentences with 'merit'
Example sentences and phrases with the word merit and other words derived from it.
• « Workers needed six months of service to merit this benefit, and there were a host of additional conditions, revolving around Ford's desire for each employee to lead "a clean, sober and industrious life." »
• « The concept of indulgences was based on the notion of a "treasury of merit" - a kind of spiritual bank - whose savings had been deposited by the sacrifices made by Christ and the saints. When someone bought an indulgence, they drew on that treasury to avoid time in purgatory. »
• « Another way to access the treasury of merit was to possess, or even come into contact with, holy relics (typically the bones of saints). Thus, many rulers went to great lengths to create large collections. »
• « Over time, Luther developed the idea that it takes an act of God to merit a person's salvation, and the reflection of that act is in the individual's sincere faith. »
• « Unravelling the mystery of understanding Egyptian hieroglyphs was a merit of chance and, of course, some insight. A small piece of black basalt - known as the Rosetta Stone - was the key and finding it was a stroke of luck. »
• « Columbus' 1493 letter - or proof of merit - describing his "discovery" of a New World did much to inspire enthusiasm in Europe. »
• « Although full of distortions and fabrications, the proofs of merit are still useful in illustrating the explorers' expectation of wealth, as well as their view that the native peoples would not pose a serious obstacle to colonisation. »
• « In 1493, Columbus sent two copies of a proof of merit to the kings of Spain and his finance minister, Luis de Santángel. »
• « According to Cooper, what mattered most was merit, not wealth, and admission to the school was based solely on ability; race, sex and family connections had no place. »
• « Such examples seemed proof positive that Democrats were disregarding merit, education and respectability in decisions about the nation's government. »