arm's length

Example Sentences

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Mr Campbell said it was time for the Scottish government, which part-funds the game through its arm's-length body SportScotland, to intervene.

From BBC

“This is an arm’s-length business relationship,” Vartian said.

From Los Angeles Times

He is slightly farther than arm’s-length away and does not make contact with the man.

From Seattle Times

The merger appeared to be as far from an arm’s-length transaction as human arms could allow.

From Los Angeles Times

When the New Yorker’s Isaac Chotiner confronted veteran broadcaster Ted Koppel in June about his “arm’s-length friendship” with Kissinger, Koppel brushed off the discussions of war crimes by repeatedly referring to Kissinger as an “interesting man.”

From Slate