Sentence examples for benchmark was the from inspiring English sources

In the past the benchmark was the Washington Consensus.

This last one was released in 1997, which, as a pop-cultural benchmark, was the same year the Spice Girls' debut album was nominated for the Mercury prize.

In Brisbane the benchmark was the flood of 1974; most Queenslanders are unaware that the worst flood in Brisbane's history happened in 1893.

There are other aspects to this tasty number crunch, including whether Boris's "around 80%" re-offending rate benchmark was the appropriate one.

We all have our benchmarks and for us the benchmark was the Brink's robbery in Boston in 1950, which was the largest robbery in the United States at that time.

Croome said the relevant international benchmark was the countries that were closest to Australia in law, history, culture and language, citing "New Zealand, Canada, the UK, the US and Ireland – all of which have marriage equality".

"Our benchmark is the inverse of the S.& P. 500," Mr. Paschke said.

"I conclude that Dr. Fagan's benchmark is the better choice," she wrote.

Hawthorn's next benchmark is the 80s-vintage Hawks, who played seven consecutive grand finals for four flags.

Since 2002, the investor money whose performance benchmark is the Goldman Sachs Commodity Index has more than doubled, to $25 billion.

Benchmark is the largest shareholder in both companies.