Sentence examples for benefits stand from inspiring English sources

Official figures show that in London alone 7,000 families dependent on benefits stand to lose more than £100 a week under the benefit cap, and many are expected to become homeless as a result.

If any benefits stand the test of time, the studies will move on, to tease out the best doses and ages at which to give plasma, how patients' brains change, and whether improvements make a real difference to the life of someone who can no longer recognise their own family.

Fruits which are readily consumed because of their characteristic sweet taste and potential health benefits stand a major risk of heavy metal intoxication.

The enhanced benefits stand in stark contrast to the financial insecurity facing most Americans in retirement.

Most Americans, when they realize that our investment in foreign assistance, at less than 1% of our GDP, can provide such transformative benefits, stand firmly behind this support, even in these more difficult economic times domestically.

(The more popular but less reliable estimate of unemployment, based on the number of people claiming benefits, stands at 5.1% the lowest figure since 1980).

In a July 2006 survey of employees, satisfaction with benefits stood at 71percentt, Mr. Ferguson said; he estimated that turnover now runs about 10percentt.

Working-age residents claiming out-of-work benefits stands at 0.8%, compared with a UK average of 2.7%.

The noted funnyman is performing to benefit "Stand Up for a Cure," a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending lung cancer.

Last week, Jon Stewart, Jim Gaffigan, Louis C.K., Jerry Seinfeld, and Bruce Springsteen performed at the tenth annual Bob Woodruff Foundation benefit "Stand Up for Heroes," presented by the New York Comedy Festival, at the Theatre at Madison Square Garden.

Real average hourly earnings (excluding fringe benefits) now stand roughly at 1974 levels.