I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
deserve/merit a mention
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The village was large enough to merit a mention in the 11th century Domesday Book.
deserve/merit consideration ( also be worthy of consideration )
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He made a number of proposals that deserve consideration.
judge sth on its merits (= according to what you see when you look at it, rather than what people tell you )
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The arguments should be judged on their merits.
preach the virtues/merits/benefits of sth
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a politician preaching the virtues of a free market
The merits and demerits (= the good and bad qualities )
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The merits and demerits of this argument have been explored.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
artistic
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But Sophie Ryder is a sculptor who finds artistic merit in the more mundane aspects of rural life.
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Membership of East Berlin's Akademie depended on government approval more than on artistic merit .
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Does An exact copy of a Michelangelo statue lose artistic merit because it doesn't have his name on it.
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The fifty-year-old display area is now to be replaced with a new space of suitably high artistic merit .
great
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He has very great merit in many respects.
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His great merit is to have turned stale images into a historically new subject.
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Harry's great merit was that, once he had been given the ball, he was a speedy and direct raider.
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The great merit of our constitutional arrangements is that they have developed cautiously and case by case.
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As a suggestion for a hermeneutic notion of social structure, it seems to us to have great merit .
literary
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Obviously, there is no literary merit in such rhymes.
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For most novels of literary merit , neither the dualist nor the monist doctrine will be entirely satisfactory.
■ NOUN
badge
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They work hard to earn their merit pins and merit badges .
pay
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They fear that such schemes could lead to disciplinary action against sub-standard teachers and to the beginnings of a merit pay system.
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In part for this reason, in part because several public employees unions opposed any merit pay , Congress yawned.
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In the civil service merit pay has been extended to cover all grades from April 1990.
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But merit pay for schools is another matter.
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Some administrators even used them to award merit pay to teachers.
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You may also be able to refer back to a recent rise in merit pay or bonus in your response.
■ VERB
based
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In the United States the nomination can be highly political, rather than based on legal merit .
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Promotions were to be based on merit rather than on personalities.
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Members of the upper strata in a meritocracy deserve their position; their privileges are based on merit .
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Principals are now hired and fired based on merit rather than seniority.
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Communities based on merit and passion are rare, and people who have been in them never forget them.
consider
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But consider merit , the Order of Merit.
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It's never enough to look back on any one piece of work and consider its merit .
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Applications from persons who hold qualifications not included in this list will be considered on their merit .
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Smaller groups of more than 30 competitors will be considered on their merit .
find
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But Sophie Ryder is a sculptor who finds artistic merit in the more mundane aspects of rural life.
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None has gone anywhere, though investigators sometimes found merit to the charges.
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Company officials said the allegations already have been examined by independent groups and found to be without merit .
judge
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Scriven has charged evaluators with the responsibility for judging the merit of an educational practice.
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Underlying their arguments is the idea that everyone should be judged on merit .
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How, I wondered, was I going to find some one to judge the merit of this work objectively?
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Your ideas will be judged for their merit , rather than in deference to your position.
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The extent of government involvement in such projects should be judged on individual merit , he said.
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The application will not be judged on merit .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a merit scholarship
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The merits of the new health programme are gradually being recognized.
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The committee is still considering the merits of the new proposals.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At the same time, some of the misconduct charges appear to have merit , according to officials.
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However the merit of Fei's book lies in its functionalist style.
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I think it will have some merit .
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There is obvious merit in good insulation, using only the most efficient kitchen appliances, heating systems and such.
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This involves identifying and describing all buildings of architectural merit and all objects of artistic, historic, literary and documentary value.
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This was a vigorous defense of the bill and not without merit .
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When he failed to promote any women into his first cabinet he insisted he would only appoint on merit .
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
attention
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In the context of the right or the freedom to protest it merits special attention .
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The tricentennial of his death merited more attention than it received here.
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The Freemantles' religious and political opinions also merit some attention .
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The other contents of the church at Rennes merit no less attention .
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Academic courses raise a number of important curricular issues, but there are four which merit particular attention .
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This apparently simplistic and attractive technique which has been readily espoused by many workers merits further attention .
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The garden buildings nevertheless merit attention .
consideration
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Nevertheless, the story merits further consideration , as other evidence can be connected with it.
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Notice that many such questions merit consideration when you attempt to operationalize a major political variable.
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First, number concepts are fundamental to success in work with number and thus merit consideration .
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This, too, was a hard decision because Gary Stevens merited prime consideration .
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The make-up of any one particular group merits some consideration .
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I think he should merit consideration .
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If walking is one of your priorities when choosing a holiday, then this area definitely merits consideration .
mention
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Environmental considerations and costs do not even seem to merit a mention .
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It would hardly merit a mention except for the presence in the market of one incredible wine.
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The headlines were smaller this time and Bayly's religion didn't merit a mention in the Press.
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Integrity, validity and reliability merited one mention each and objectivity got two.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The committee will decide whether the case merits more serious attention.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At the outset two points merit emphasis.
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Finally, one issue merits more detailed comment because of its implications for the entire Docklands community - housing.
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Her business has become so famous that she felt its success story merited a corner display in her new museum.
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It is beyond me how it came To merit such enormous fame.
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Puisieulx Puisieulx is the smallest of the grand cru villages and certainly does not merit its exalted status.
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Reality: Under new state guidelines, her situation rarely would merit an investigation.
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The subject has an importance in the history of war at this period which merits emphasis.