Sentence examples for a benchmark of decency from inspiring English sources

Legislation is sometimes simply a benchmark of decency.

It embodies the fact that Britain remains a nation where key universal benchmarks of human decency and protections against state abuse are upheld by the courts – upheld, in some cases, against governments that may be tempted to bow the knee to newspapers demanding arbitrary abuse of rights.

That is a matter of decency.

This is a failure of decency and good sense.

9 1 A DEFICIT OF DECENCY, by Zell Miller.

Cliff was a caricature of "decency".

If he has a minimal of decency, he will resign in the next few days".

Staying home, caring for the house and for children was considered a matter of decency.

He wants a measure of decency and grace to be embedded in our lives.

The CDU boss revelled in political combat; the head of state stood apart, a figure of decency, dignity and goodness.

"Akin continues to offend women, anyone else with a sense of decency," the e-mail's headline read.