That arms-length relationship has paid off for both parties.    From Wordnik.com.  [Roche Considers Bid to Buy] Reference

She had al - ways been detached, held people at arms-length.    From Wordnik.com.  [Breed to Come]

She handed the letter sternly, at arms-length, to her daughter.    From Wordnik.com.  [No Name] Reference

Maybe we could posit a fiduciary duty, or an arms-length transaction.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-01-01] Reference

It was, in short, arms-length regulation of an unabashedly private market.    From Wordnik.com.  [We Need a Bailout Exit Strategy] Reference

Like his mother, Mr. Graham has taken an arms-length approach to the business.    From Wordnik.com.  [For-Profit Kaplan U. Hears Its Fight Song] Reference

He came on till he was within arms-length of her — and suddenly stood still.    From Wordnik.com.  [Armadale] Reference

I fell back, watching with glee as he pulled in arm's-length after arms-length of line.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Magic of Krynn]

He began to whirl the wand once more, holding it out at nearly arms-length from his body.    From Wordnik.com.  [Merlin's Mirror]

We were an arms-length from the "Jerry Audience," which was thankfully non-participatory.    From Wordnik.com.  [All we like sheep] Reference

The types of sales tracked by the Case-Shiller indexes are called arms-length sale transactions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Understanding The Case-Shiller Housing Index] Reference

Does this arms-length distance ironically contribute to lack of oversight, rather than engender it?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Balkinization] Reference

Prices must be set on an arms-length basis to China Minmetals, in line with international benchmarks.    From Wordnik.com.  [OZ Minerals Deal Cleared] Reference

You forced me to ask you if I deserved to be kept at arms-length by you of all the people in the world.    From Wordnik.com.  [Armadale] Reference

Financial Investments, the Treasury's supposedly arms-length vehicle to manage its stakes in failed banks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lloyds Chairman's Scalp Not Enough] Reference

Both companies have always maintained that this arms-length relationship is crucial to Genentech's success.    From Wordnik.com.  [Roche Bid Blindsided Genentech] Reference

Pretoria, he said the proposed new national arts council would function at arms-length from the government.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

It would go by the precepts of arms-length funding, thus ensuring independence but also encouraging accountability.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

The Swiss and U.K. governments, while maintaining relationships are arms-length, are putting heavy pressure on bosses.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bank Bosses Are Learning to Wing It] Reference

Do you think the Minerals Management Service has a sufficiently arms-length relationship with the oil and gas industry?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Transcript: Ken Salazar] Reference

The date, and a timetable for creating four new arms-length transport-related agencies, was included in the department's.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

Ideally, all staff should be separate and all relationships between USGBC and GBCI should be arms-length and contractual.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Tepper Marlin: Green Building News - USGBC to Accredit LEED Certifiers - Two Cheers!] Reference

As Rob alluded to, Canada has an arms-length department called Elections Canada that handles all federal level elections.    From Wordnik.com.  [payback] Reference

Her family is far-flung and not close, and her MS has caused most people to cultivate an arms-length relationship with her.    From Wordnik.com.  [The sadness of moving on and leaving a BFF behind] Reference

And the physical isolation they and other arms-length cyber-advances create makes talking to yourself more important than ever.    From Wordnik.com.  [Write For Your Life] Reference

After what seemed like ages, he forced his eyes open, only to see the toes of a pair of expensive boots just an arms-length away.    From Wordnik.com.  [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]

Financial Investments, an arms-length Treasury body headed by leading City figures with impeccable shareholder-friendly credentials.    From Wordnik.com.  [RBS Minorities Face Uncertain Future] Reference

Again, I'm an arms-length from all of this in the photo pit, watching the confetti float up into the vast crowd filling up Red Rocks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Angora Holly Polo: Top Moments of Monolith Music Festival] Reference

Foreclosure sales are included in the indexes because a sale between a bank and an individual is considered both arms-length and a repeat sale.    From Wordnik.com.  [Understanding The Case-Shiller Housing Index] Reference

However, the PSC allows the contractor to market his share of the gas in the open markets at a price determined on the basis of an "arms-length transaction.".    From Wordnik.com.  [BUSINESS CASE FACEOFF: Reliance vs. Reliance] Reference

If taken seriously in perception and implementation, capacity building leading to actual arms-length trading ability will give a nation economic independence.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manisha Singh: Letting Sleeping Giants Lie...] Reference

They started north of here about half, three quarters of a mile, tried to do a grid search, which is people lining up at arms-length and combing a swath of area.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 16, 2001] Reference

For a traveler most familiar with the arms-length, lawsuit-wary corporate environment in the U.S., physical contact in the workplace will seem unfamiliar at best.    From Wordnik.com.  [Touchy Subject: Doing Business] Reference

He has put his trust in the ability of Larry Summers, Tim Geithner and the more arms-length Robert Rubin to grapple with the dizzying complexity of finance and economics.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ann Pettifor: Wall Street, Geithner, and Defunct Economics Threaten Obama's Leadership] Reference

Certainly, upcoming operations will be carried out in full partnership with Iraqi forces, with them in the lead whenever possible, and with arms-length when that is not possible.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jan 23, 2007] Reference