Sentence examples similar to laid down benchmarks from inspiring English sources
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.
Zhu Rongji, the new Prime Minister of China, laid down ambitious benchmarks today for sweeping social change, pledging to make ailing state-owned industries solvent, overhaul the country's banking system and redesign the Government, cutting its staff by half -- all within three years.
Rivers has already laid down the law.
Chandler laid down his terms.
No plans were ever laid down, however.
Neither ship was ever laid down.
Never break rules that were laid down.
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.
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.
