Sentence examples for benchmark rather than from inspiring English sources

As a result of the budget, benefits and tax credits will also be increased in line with the CPI benchmark, rather than the RPI measure.

The MP for Newcastle Central, Jim Cousins, took a more statesmanlike line, believing that Scottish expenditure was a benchmark, rather than a target.

Clinton presented to the voting public with a modest kind of righteousness, as if that was the required benchmark, rather than brute, cut-through persuasiveness – a sanguine disposition which seemed premature, given the gruelling contest is only now entering the decisive phase.

During this period, the fund will track a "transition benchmark" rather than the official technology benchmark.

But that version, which perhaps may become the benchmark rather than its untethered cousin, is still under development, so for that and other reasons it was never going to be as strong.

Mr Stuart suggested that this could mean schools focused on pupils capable of reaching the grade C benchmark, rather than supporting the lowest-achieving pupils who were often also from the poorest backgrounds.

Unlike the national minimum wage, the living wage is an informal benchmark rather than a legally-enforceable minimum level of pay.

Officers operate today under the presumption that they are racist, even homicidal; their stop and arrest activity is measured against population benchmarks, rather than crime benchmarks, and thus deemed racially biased; they worry that any use of force against a black civilian, no matter how justified, could be interpreted as a race-based assault and could put their career at risk.

Part of this is probably driven by unhealthy comparison to "best-in-class" benchmarks rather than the average business owner's journey.

This describes each fund based on how its performance compares with various benchmarks, rather than by its actual portfolio.

College officials said the new law could push course offerings to cater toward meeting state benchmarks, rather than addressing the wide array of education needs among students.