The Principal has been awarded the Sitara-e-Imtiaz for distinguished merit and national and international levels.

(A provision even allows fashion models of "distinguished merit or ability" to apply.)

Priority for admission was given to university graduates, fellows of European learned societies, and people with distinguished merit.

Knight: Minimum 15 years of services or activities of assorted distinguished merits.

A Youth of distinguished merit possesses her heart, and unless you interfere, a few days will make her his Bride.

The jury is composed by 5 to 10 elements of distinguished merit in cultural stances.

For his distinguished merits Cseszneky received several titles of nobility from King Rudolf.

In 1962, he was awarded the Sitara-e-Imtiaz for distinguished merit in the fields of science and medicine.

The H-1B visa classification includes workers in specialty occupations and fashion models of distinguished merit and ability.

Under previous regulations, the criteria for establishing "distinguished merit or ability" were vague and were therefore regarded as easier to meet.