Sentence examples for a higher benchmark from inspiring English sources

Government borrowing, then, could help set a higher benchmark for overall lending to Russia, Mr. Kudrin said.

Peter Wood set a higher benchmark a couple of decades ago when he founded Direct Line and then flogged it to RBSfor a princely sum.

The companies that have granted premium options recently have tended to put a higher benchmark on them than I.B.M.'s 10percentt.

The Fed would like to have a higher benchmark interest rate and see the economy on a stronger footing before beginning to pare it back, she said.

And while industry funds had a higher benchmark to clear, the commission found that the average return for industry funds was 6.8%.

A higher benchmark for monetization.

The duo's debut record, Pan-O-Rama, released almost a decade ago, set a high benchmark for the post-millennial techno LP, paving the way for a spirit of adventurism in the genre while putting Anja Schneider's Mobilee imprint on the map.

These Scottish deviations from the political norm set a high benchmark in the measurement of difference.

The first dean of the Columbia School of Mines, Charles F. Chandler, set a high benchmark.

When Aho's crew sets sail in the Bermuda Race, they will have a high benchmark to shoot for.

But "their decision to bid or not to will decide the benchmark for the future and they will not want to set such a high benchmark".