Sentence examples for arm's length between from inspiring English sources

"Museum ethics always require an arm's length between donors and your artistic purpose," said Kurt Nystrom, the center's deputy director.

There is an arm's length between the individual and that person, via the political party," he said.

Glaring at him, she held the envelope at arm's length between her thumb and forefinger until he took it from her.

Under international rules, transactions between company subsidiaries are supposed to be priced as if they were conducted "at arm's length" between unrelated parties.

He is clearly not an egotist, and while other modest but in-yer-face musicians such as Grimes have a popstar persona to hide behind, Treays would clearly like there to be an arm's length between him and his work.

He noted that a task force of the International Organization of Securities Commissions recommended earlier this year that "a benchmark should as a matter of priority be anchored by observable transactions entered into at arm's length between buyers and sellers in order for it to function as a credible indicator of prices, rates or index values," adding, "I agree with this".

Some insurance companies say that arm's-length alliances between banks and insurers are better than full-blown mergers.

To be fair, the arm's-length relationship between a foundation and a nonprofit is partly due to the large workloads carried by foundation officers.

The arm's-length relationship between the arts and other agencies of social influence is a deliberate, democratic check on power.

The transactions were "arm's-length business between sophisticated, self-interested people who knew exactly what they were doing and nothing more," Mr. Weingarten said.

There were immediate complaints in online forums that the service was violating the sacred arm's-length relationship between reviewer and author.