Sentence examples for benchmarks for the first from inspiring English sources

Only four of the nine fund categories beat their benchmarks for the first 11 months of 2000.

As harm reduction treatment coverage for substance use within Serbia is very limited, benchmarks for the first two multipliers were very low and this was reflected in the prevalence estimates for these two approaches.

The Netherlands missed the benchmark for the first time since 1974.

The S.& P. 500 crossed 1,000 points early last week, hitting that benchmark for the first time since last autumn.

"Once you have a benchmark for the first 25 banks, then this will have trigger effects," he said.

"Areas which have been developed on a larger scale like Hulme with large amounts of private and social housing will see the private homes for sale at values exceeding the affordable benchmark for the first time," he added.

On Thursday, the Dow Jones industrial average passed the 10,000 benchmark for the first time since Jan . 10 but it retreated on Friday, still ending the week up 158.8 points, or 1.6percentt, at 9,903.04.

"But I think it's wrong to focus on those things because really what matters is that we are setting a precedent here, we're setting a benchmark for the first ever city to hold this title and we're doing it really well.

Both benchmarks declined for the first day in four.

They also considered that the multiple protagonist design "was a welcome change of pace" and could become a benchmark for the eighth generation of gaming.

But across the channel, the Bank of England opted to take action, cutting its benchmark rate for the first time in two years, by a quarter-point, to 5.5percentt.