Sentence examples for benchmark- from inspiring English sources

Helen Szoke, chief executive of Oxfam Australia, said her organisation "would have put the reduction of poverty as the first benchmark" in the revamped aid program and was "cautious" about the role of the private sector.

At the same time, yields on benchmark 10-year German government bonds, or bunds, fell to a record low of 0.05%, reflecting their perceived safe-haven status among investors.

Libor is used as a benchmark for setting financial contracts and interest rates around the world.

With its severe and growing problems with traffic jams, Mumbai certainly sets an international benchmark for what the Economist has labelled "traffic bedlam".

Kensington and Chelsea topped the state school national league table, with 73% of its pupils passing the government's benchmark.

Angel Gurria, the head of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said that the proposals on emissions so far set out by governments would not be sufficient to protect the world from warming of more than 2C above pre-industrial levels, the internationally-set benchmark for avoiding dangerous levels of climate change.

Once the 25% benchmark is passed, she advocates leaving companies "to their own devices" to pursue gender-equality strategies, rather than a further round of target setting from a government-backed champion.

The BBC is still the great benchmark of broadcasting and woe betide anybody who interferes with the BBC".

"Much of the good news that had relieved market stress over lifting the debt ceiling was baked into a violent rally in the prior session lifting the benchmark S&P 500 index to within spitting distance of another all-time high" on Wednesday, said Andrew Wilkinson, chief economic strategist at Miller Tabak & Co in New York.

The People's Bank of China lowered its benchmark lending rate by 25 basis points to 5.1%, and its one-year benchmark deposit rates by the same amount to 2.25%.

Every subject has a subject benchmark statement identifying what UK academics believe should at a minimum be covered in university courses.