1.   The peak, some three hundred feet above sea level, according to the bench mark, had a certain magic about it.

2.   America, for better or worse, is a place where a television sitcom can become a cultural and commercial bench mark.

3.   As the European Union fights to secure its own borders against illegal immigration, the experience along the U.S.-Mexico frontier stands out as a bench mark.

4.   At least one analyst said that the bench marks were too high and that it was no surprise that Iridium failed to the meet them.

5.   Because the retiring directors have presided over a critical period of accelerator physics, colleagues regard their passing as bench marks.

6.   The closely watched number is a bench mark for interest rates throughout the economy.

7.   The sites had been mapped before, but using inconsistent criteria and bench marks.