The main criterion is merit and qualifications.

The only consideration is qualification and merit.

Merit Al Sayed says

Counsellor (merit), June 1994

Second Secretary (merit), December 1981

First Secretary (merit), December 1987

Minister Second Class (merit), June 2000

All these aspects merit keen attention.

Assad, Syrian rebels, Americans, Russians, and Arabs all merit criticism.

There is some merit to this claim.

Chevalier of the National Order of Merit

Successful students were given certificates of merit.

It means rule by those who have merit.

It rewards ambition, promotes office at any cost politics, and devalues merit.

Merit and skills are how we give an intrinsic value to money.

Several delegations indicated that topics A, B and C all had merit.

Repetitive this may sound but these agreed parameters merit repetition and reiteration.

The following factors merit consideration during the decision process

Many exercise this option and the courts consider and decide such cases on merit.

Governments undoubtedly merit praise for stabilizing expectations, and thus preventing crises from worsening.

While such words merit caution, economy fundamentals bear them out.

Lo ! those who merit paradise this day are happily employed ,

Lo ! those who merit paradise this day are happily employed ,

However, we also recognize the merit of paragraph 24 (b).

We believe that the proposed measures merit our serious consideration.

The proposal for a standing fund for peacebuilding has merit.

Reforms to patronage systems most often produce bureaucratic merit systems.

In particular, ten potential costs associated with such policies merit attention.

Officials are now actively discussing the merit of negative policy rates.

The Public Service has provisions to select appointees based on merit'.

The decision to establish child protection task teams also has merit.

We agree that they merit a proper place in our system.

The final selection is based entirely upon merit regardless of gender.

There is merit in both positions but much more in the Spanish and Italian argument.

Such merit is usually understood to be academic achievement, a combination of talent and training.

Governments were advised that future selection will be based on merit and not national allocation.

Professor Amor has been awarded the Order of the Republic, the Order of Educational Merit, the National Human Rights Prize and the Spanish Order of Merit, as well as a number of decorations and academic distinctions from foreign universities and institutions.

FCN treaties merit special examination as a changing area of international law.

The guiding principle is merit and relevance of the officer to the international meeting or conference.

There is no reservation, distinction, or discrimination against women in seeking and getting these merit scholarships.

The name of the 19th century temple translates as the Royal Merit, which refers to the merit of King Mindon for donating 729 stone slabs inscribed with the Tipitaka (the Buddhist canonical text).

(a) That are based on principles of efficiency, transparency and objective criteria such as merit, equity and aptitude

Furthermore, a country's attributes in demographic terms and its strong commitment to democracy and human rights merit consideration.

Self serving as it may seem, this viewpoint is not without some merit.

Loyalty, rather than merit, drove key appointments, making policy management even more difficult.