Sentence examples for notional benchmark from inspiring English sources
The argument is complicated by the fact that the standard resource is only indirectly related to the actual sums sent out to universities, or as Hefce puts it: "Standard resource is not, however, what we actually pay institutions, but instead can be thought of as a notional benchmark of what we think institutions' share of overall resources should be to reflect their teaching activities.
Many members of the press, often far better paid than MPs or civil servants, are motivated by political loathing of the public sector as they pursue any council chief executive or school or hospital head whose salary inches above the notional pay of the prime minister – a bad benchmark, ignoring his perks and the fortune he will earn later.
Or some other notional figure.
The figure is merely notional.
'You have a notional identity..
Despite his work, the revolution remains notional.
Local communist parties ruled in notional coalitions.
Sweden pioneered the idea of "notional accounts".
What was this notional cricket team?
