Sentence examples for benchmark of three from inspiring English sources

On the other hand, the new Prime Minister, along with his associate in government, Panos Kammenos, has the delicate task of concluding a new loan agreement with his European partners while also maintaining a tough fiscal line in order to keep the budget balanced or, in the least, not let it exceed the European benchmark of three percent of GDP.

The most aggressive strategy based on absolute risk thresholds, focusing on all patients with risks above 5%, was the most effective but at an incremental cost effectiveness ratio that was well above the benchmark of three times GDP per capita.

Butts, by his own admission, wasn't a good speller, and he was always happy when his Scrabble score reached the humble benchmark of three hundred points.

That was when the annual benchmark of three billion dollars was established; at the time, this amounted to something like a quarter of Israel's G.D.P. (Now it is about one per cent).

Last summer almost two-thirds of Knowsley school-leavers failed to achieve the government benchmark of five good GCSEs.

It is the lowest performing authority in England for pupils achieving the government's benchmark of five A* to C grade GCSEs, including English and maths.

In the closing days of the quarter, the Obama campaign blasted donors with repeated appeals seeking last-minute contributions, hoping to reach a benchmark of one million total donors.

The dramatic reversal of Park View's rating comes two years after the school was feted for its high performance in GCSEs, with nearly 80% of pupils gaining the benchmark of five good grades, including English and maths.

Among poorer white children, meanwhile, just a quarter of boys (24%) and a third of girls (32%) achieve the benchmark of five good GCSEs, leading to calls for schools to target those pupils at risk of falling behind.

Last year just 24% of students at Kirkby managed to get the government benchmark of five GCSEs including English and maths at A* to C, compared with a national average among state school students of 57%.

Yet according to the latest figures, there are still more than 20 local authorities where the majority of pupils are unable to secure the government's benchmark of five Cs or above in their GCSEs.