Example sentences of "on [art] merits " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dismissals of appeals without a hearing on the merits were a key factor in the ‘ critical equation ’ . |
| 2 | In fact Salisbury poured scorn on Lord Wemyss — ‘ the great prophet of North Berwick Law ’ — and insisted that interventionist legislation had to be considered on the merits of the measure in question . |
| 3 | According to Peter Hume , finance director of stockbrokers Seymour Pierce Butterfield , investors considering buying shares in a company offering concessionary discounts should only do so on the merits of the shares . |
| 4 | The nub of the meeting had been a lengthy discussion on the merits or otherwise of four-day cricket , while matters decided on were the 25-point penalty for producing inferior pitches , retained with wider definition to include over-grassed pitches ; overseas players ( counties may register up to two for next season only ) ; a return to 15-yard run-ups in the Sunday League ; and the making up of lost time in Tests to a maximum one hour . |
| 5 | The nub of the meeting had been a lengthy discussion on the merits or otherwise of four-day cricket , while matters decided on were the 25-point penalty for producing inferior pitches , retained with wider definition to include over-grassed pitches ; overseas players ( counties may register up to two for next season only ) ; a return to 15-yard run-ups in the Sunday League ; and the making up of lost time in Tests to a maximum one hour . |
| 6 | Mr Des Wilson , the Liberal Democrat campaign manager , played down the racial element in the vote that defeated Mr Taylor , saying : ‘ We won that seat on the merits of our campaign , not because a few votes for the Tory may have been influenced by the colour of their candidate 's skin . ’ |
| 7 | Reflection on the merits of actions required by authority is not automatically prohibited by any authoritative directive , though possibly it could be prohibited by a special directive to that effect . |
| 8 | The subjects accept that someone has authority over them only if their willingness to do his bidding is not conditional on their agreement on the merits of performing the actions required by the authority . |
| 9 | The minimalist interpretation maintains that they are willing to obey if they have no judgment of their own on the merits of performing the required action . |
| 10 | The maximalist interpretation claims that the subjects accept that they should obey even if their personal belief is that the balance of reasons on the merits is against performing the required act . |
| 11 | For an authority is legitimate only if there are sufficient reasons to accept it , i.e. sufficient reasons to follow its directives regardless of the balance of reasons on the merits of such action . |
| 12 | Inasmuch as that additional reason may tip the balance one can perhaps over-dramatize the situation by saying that an authoritative requirement is a reason to act against the balance of reasons on the merits of the case . |
| 13 | The fact that it will rain tomorrow , for example , may mean that I should not go to London , even though the balance of reasons on the merits of my going ( i.e. all the reasons pro and con but the rain ) suggest that I should go . |
| 14 | The whole point and purpose of authorities , I shall argue below , is to pre-empt individual judgment on the merits of a case , and this will not be achieved if , in order to establish whether the authoritative determination is binding , individuals have to rely on their own judgment of the merits . |
| 15 | Because authorities do not have the right to impose completely independent duties on people , because their directives should reflect dependent reasons which are binding on those people in any case , they have the right to replace people 's own judgment on the merits of the case . |
| 16 | Steadily increasing amounts of their time , energy and money are being devoted to reckoning with us , not on the merits of the issues involved for the most part , but instead with a view to destroying our movement by discrediting those who comprise it . |
| 17 | You have to take account of the worry to your family and yourself as well as the advice that you receive on the merits of your claims . |
| 18 | Consequently , he will not advise on the merits of a settlement offer , although with a view to increasing the likelihood of a deal , he may point out the strengths and weaknesses of each side 's arguments . |
| 19 | In other words , success , as in so many other things , will depend on how things are done , as well as on the merits of the proposal . |
| 20 | In the following village by village assessment of the famous grands and premiers crus of Champagne , I express my opinion on the merits and demerits of the major vineyards within each commune . |
| 21 | I would argue with the author on the merits of the wing-down as opposed to the crab cross-wind landing techniques , and feel that he should have concentrated less on right-hand tractor American rotation engines , but other than that I ca n't fault him , and would class the book as absolutely required for anyone aspiring to be a tailwheel instructor . |
| 22 | In the first half of the nineteenth century only one-fifth to one-quarter of all criminal cases were decided on the merits of the evidence . |
| 23 | More recently , the inquiries into the supervision of Barlow Clowes and BCCI have provided fresh evidence on the merits of external regulation . |
| 24 | Having taken legal advice on the merits of the plaintiff 's claim , the defendant decided to offer a settlement figure , with each party bearing their own legal costs , in order to avoid the expense of protracted litigation . |
| 25 | But members of the largest suffrage organization — the non-militant National Union of Women 's Suffrage Societies — were deeply divided on the merits of the war . |
| 26 | Peter Archer QC , the former Attorney-General , argued that : ‘ I do not believe that Parliament ever decided , on the merits , to retain capital punishment for treason and piracy . ’ |
| 27 | These modest words come from Swindelli ( below , white jacket ) , vocalist/rapper with The 25th Of May , who is animatedly holding forth on the merits of the band 's neatly titled debut LP ‘ Lenin And McCarthy ’ . |
| 28 | Film critics may have disagreed on the merits of Batman Returns , but they did seem to reach a consensus on at least one thing . |
| 29 | Constant discussion with my nine-year-old son on the merits of the gaelic version as opposed to rugby have been illuminating . |
| 30 | The leave procedure focuses attention on remedies ( more than on the merits of the applicant 's case ) because ‘ leave ’ is leave to apply for a remedy . |