at arm's length

I keep trying to get friendly with the girl who sits next to me. But she keeps me at arm's length.

Fortunately, he did not live together, or who bear ah ~ ~ I saw his declivity like to see a stool, people at arm's length.

I keep trying to get friendly with that lovely blonde who sits next to me in biology class. But she keeps me at arm's length.

Finance and industry should not be at arm's length. They should be so entwined that their destinies cannot be separated.

Let me warn you about this Smith fellow. He seems like a nice, friendly guy. But it's wise to keep him at arm's length.

She held on to the ochre bannister with both hands, leaning forward, as if she were keeping it at arm's length.

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act was an attempt to ensure that auditors kept their clients at arm's length.

But to begin with, as seen from Earth, the sun is nearly as large as a little fingertip held at arm's length, or half a degree wide.

Ser Kevan laid his hands on her shoulders, held her at arm's length.

She silently assented, and with her stool at arm's length, and the pail against her knee, went round to where they stood.

To be an impartial boss, I always keep every employee in the company at arm's length.

James rarely speak to his wife, he keeps her at arm's length.

A note suggesting the spotless Mr Singh asked to be kept at "arm's length" from the sales looks unedifying, at the least.

Opening the bottle at arm's length would be enough to protect the killer from receiving a deadly dose.

The boss can be a bit familiar but he's all right if you keep him at arm's length.

Some are formerly state-owned companies that are flourishing as a result of being allowed to operate at arm's length from the government.

There are social inroads to be made, even in a prosperous country like Japan, where fringe dwellers are often kept at arm's length.

Help place I have never had the Selection Committee, but this kind of thing told me how to help, I can only ah at arm's length.

While you do want to be close to others, you feel uncomfortable with too much closeness and tend to keep your partner at arm's length.

The three-year-old boy held the stuffed dinosaur at arm's length. "Theropods only have three toes, " he said.

'Tess, ' he said, holding her at arm's length, 'you are engaged to marry some one else! '

I had a feeling that she was keeping me at arm's length.

I try to stay at arm's length from him to avoid an argument.

newspaper and gingerly lifted the rat by its tail and held it out at arm's length.

And a book that was at arm`s length is now much closer.

This tiny piece of sky, the size of a pinhead held at arm's length.

He was polishing a gold tooth. He held it at arm's length, and examined it with his eyes half closed.

She had been giving you mixed signals while keeping you at arm's length .

Mrs Smith is always condescending, so her neighbours keep her at arm's length.

Mr Darling said the new Northern Rock board would operate at arm's length from the government.

Ukrainian police struggle to keep protesters at arm's length during the opening ceremony of US-Ukrainian navy exercises in Odessa .

Mrs Clinton must keep her husband at arm's length, and learn to see the world through her new President's eyes.

It looks like a cup in we side plain boiled water, at arm's length, has drunk, lets us think coolly comfortable.

In its search and advertising business, Google deals with consumers at arm's length, online and through software.

It has just the right field of view and focal length to focus on your face at arm's length.

His legendary courtesy, which the uninitiated took for pliability , was a marvelous way to keep all the contending forces at arm's length.

After all, we can only hold our partner at arm's length for so long before the relationship starts to suffer.

Yeah, she decided to keep him at arm's length when she heard about his background.

To his detractors, the Iraq dossier and the celebration show Sir John's failure to keep MI6's political masters at arm's length.

Make sure the screen is at arm's length, and the top at eye level.

When she heard about his background, she decided to keep him at arm's length.

Effective political leadership and imagination are essential if default risks are to remain at arm's length.

ensuring intercompany transactions are priced at arm's length is tricky when no two intangible assets are the same.

The main opposition groups would like to harness the movement's energy, yet keep it at arm's length.

This is not a problem if the board is strictly representing the interests of managers and, thus, functioning at arm's length.

' Etiquette might suggest that Obama keep the summit at arm's length and let his team of advisers act as observers.

Arsenal will need another powerful performance from Frimpong to keep City at arm's length in the second leg at Emirates Stadium.

Holding the smiling boy at arm's length, Yongxin noted that Shao- Shao looked thin and pale.

He keeps all his clients at arm's length.

They no longer trust her and are keeping her at arm's length.

It says Volvo will be run as an autonomous entity, headquartered in Sweden, at arm's length from Geely's manufacturing operations in China.

Mr. Jones is not my favorite person, so I tend to keep her at arm's length.

no longer trust her and are keeping her at arm's length.

Scientist friends from MIT lent their expertise, at arm's length.

Are they to be close or kept at arm's length?

To get it, they may have to show that they are at arm's length, or even entirely detached, from their governments.

There's no need to be jealous. I'll keep him at arm's length.

Clearly, Venezuela's oil company no longer operates at arm's length from the government.

organisations at arm's-length from government.

Why should we overcome our tendency to keep strangers at arm's length?

He is so mean and greedy that everybody keeps him at arm's length.

Stand at arm's length from the person next to you.

But she keeps me at arm's length.

Petra keeps all men at arm's length to avoid getting hurt.

She kept him at arm's length during the first few months.

Often wikis work best if the bosses stay at arm's length.

He always keeps at arm's length with his friends.

His tired eyes examine the envelopes at arm's length.

Hold the phone at arm's length (to keep yourbody from blocking any signals) and rotate around to find the strongestreception.

She kept him at arm's length during the first week.

It only covers an area about 2 inches wide by 8 inches tall viewed at arm' s length, giving Jerry tunnel vision .

But his formal, remote air kept her at arm's length.

Why then do the top business schools keep sports at arm's length?

I now keep my neighbor at arm's length because he has been rude to me many times in the past.

Being a khawagga, or white Westerner, I was often kept at arm's length by other women in public.

By doing so we really hold the present off at arm's length.

He held his attacker at arm 's length .

The authors say that a key difference is that contracts of star athletes are negotiated "at arm's-length" .

You like to keep your options open, but you'll never find out a person's true potential by keeping him at arm's length.

He held the dirty rag at arm's length .

They can see things that are far away, but they have difficulty in reading a book unless they hold it at arm's length .

Take their money if you must but by all means keep them at arm's length.

They can see tings that are far away , but they have difficulty in reading a book unless they hold it at arm's length.

You are a girl and you should keep boys at arm's length.

We had best keep them at arm's length.

That is a relational pressure that comes from holding God at arm's length.

Will it be safer for us to keep our friends at arm's length?

I held it at arm's length.

He held the picture at arm's length to show it to me.

Kept the newcomer at arm's length at first.

You should keep Joe at arm's length.

That is why UKFI was created to manage these investments at arm's length from the government.

We should keep the bad friends at arm's length.

He also imagined radio, television and camera equipment at arm's length on the desk.

Do you have a boyfriend, the girls do at arm's length?

Sometimes such governments prefer to exercise their patronage at arm's length

Negotiating contracts at arm's length

to keep some one at arm's length

How to keep people at arm's length and never get too close