But on their own, those weren't enough to merit inclusion.

Perhaps they came too late in the story to merit inclusion.

And look: surely the knobbly spikes next door merit inclusion on my list?

Most do this willingly, although there are, of course, some schools whose academic performance would merit inclusion but do not appear in our tables.

Events that merit inclusion have been largely judged according to the strength (and relative strength in depth) of their participants.