Sentence examples for benchmark standard from inspiring English sources

The benchmark Standard &Poor's 500-stock index fell 0.87 percent on the day.

"We are determined… to keep defined benefit pensions in the public sector and for public service pensions to remain the benchmark standard".

In the spirit of the Dutch system, we propose that a committee of experts should determine the benchmark standard of healthcare.

"The law provides no guidance, in terms of any benchmark, standard figure, or method of analysis, to aid the jury in the process of determining an appropriate award," Dean Leebron wrote in The New York University Law Review in 1989.

How the reasonable man might respond when confronted with an intruder in his house, or shoved by a bloke in a pub, is a benchmark standard for judges and juries.

This attracted us to helping a body like The Open Group to establish a benchmark standard for IT architects.

The benchmark Standard & Poor's 500-stock index slipped 0.75 of a point, to 1,139.45.

The benchmark Standard & Poor's 500-stock isdex is up over 18 percent this year.

The benchmark Standard & Poor's 500-stock index closed today just 12.5 points away from its yearly low, declining 0.5percentt.

Still, University officials say they are happy with the results, which outpaced the benchmark Standard & Poor's 500 index.

The benchmark Standard & Poor's 500-stock indendedded within about 16 points of a high reached in May 2008.