Sentence examples for benchmarks laid down from inspiring English sources
Mr. Schussel said his government was determined to meet certain "American benchmarks" laid down to measure progress on issues like compensating Nazi-era slave laborers.
Her disillusionment helps explain why the Iraqi government has missed most of the political benchmarks laid down by Congress, as the Government Accountability Office concluded in a report to be released in coming days.
A report from the United States Government Accountability Office said that Iraq's government had failed to take the political and military steps required to cut sectarian violence, and had met only three of the 18 benchmarks laid down by Congress in May.
In a letter to Mr. Ecevit last week, President Bush expressed confidence that Turkey would meet the requirements and laid down some benchmarks, including privatizing telecommunications and restructuring the banking industry.
At that meeting, a confluence of eminent evangelical scholars – principally from Latin America, the US and Europe – laid down the benchmark for the transition that was enshrined in what became known as the Lausanne Covenant of 1974.
He laid down the ground rules.
Mr. Boehner has laid down his markers.
They laid down a few simple guidelines.
The scorekeeper laid down his pencil.
Rivers has already laid down the law.
