Sentence examples for as a key benchmark from inspiring English sources

President Bush set enactment of a national oil law that centralizes development and ensures an equitable division of the profits as a key benchmark of progress.

Every year, the report serves as a key benchmark for how the American people are doing economically.

The troubles center on a key benchmark known as the London interbank offered rate, or Libor.

The broad investigation centers on the way Barclays and other big banks set a key benchmark for borrowing known as the London interbank offered rate, or Libor.

The rate, a key benchmark for short-term borrowing costs in the economy, is now 4percentt.

Mr. Jenkins took over as chief executive from Robert E. Diamond Jr., who resigned in July after Barclays agreed to pay $450 million to settle charges that it had tried to manipulate a key benchmark, the London interbank offered rate, or Libor.

A key benchmark, lactate rejection, was also highly dependent upon membrane type.

A key benchmarking challenge for policy-makers is identifying what degree of each kind of improvement is appropriate.

Finbarr Hutcheson, the chief executive of NYSE Liffe, a NYSE Euronext subsidiary in London, said in a statement that his group was interested in "continuing the process of restoring credibility, trust and integrity in Libor as a key global benchmark".

However, head teachers' leaders said that the proposal was in direct contrast to the Coalition agreement, which stated: "The Government will phase out the current five A* to C indicators as the key benchmark of success arguing that it creates too narrow a focus on C/D grade boundaries with the potential of creating perverse incentives for schools".

Beyond these generic criteria, the UNICEF Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action ('the CCCs') are used as key benchmarks.