Example sentences of "[prep] arm 's " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can make your hand gestures more effective by adding a soundtrack : confidently telling an argumentative old drunk to sit down , as you gently push him back out of arm 's reach , adds authority to the message . |
| 2 | Instead of calculating profits in each country according to local accounting rules , as multinationals now do under arm 's length taxation , they would have to recalculate their entire worldwide profits according to each set of local rules . |
| 3 | As they lie on the benches within arm 's reach , the foliage compositions initially shock by their scale . |
| 4 | Richardson drove to his ‘ one-room place ’ in McLean with the photocopied papers , including the rogue memorandum , locked in the boot of his car ; took them out , put them under the bed ‘ within arm 's reach ’ ( as secret agents would ) and went uneasily to sleep . |
| 5 | At last , however , she came to within arm 's length of it . |
| 6 | In any event , if you are within arm 's length , you are too close for optimum speechreading . |
| 7 | It is too near even to be within arm 's reach . ’ |
| 8 | They came up alongside , and Lenny Campion was almost within arm 's length of the young driver . |
| 9 | She tried not to flinch as he passed within arm 's length , but he reached by her and re-opened the office door . |
| 10 | She was already within arm 's length , only the door standing between them to prevent him from reaching her , and she clearly suspected nothing because she was moving in and as her hand passed close to the glass , he could see it in vivid pastel detail . |
| 11 | • After you 've made up your face , apply a very short spray of Evian from arm 's length to fix . |
| 12 | Microscopes can only be used for close work , telescopes for viewing objects from arm 's length distance to infinity . |
| 13 | ( 1 ) Underwriting arrangements on arm 's length commercial terms between the offeror and underwriters and sub-underwriters ( eg in respect of a cash underwritten alternative ) are not normally considered by the Panel to amount to an agreement or understanding within the meaning of " acting in concert " . |
| 14 | Slowly pull up the bar until it touches the chest , and then slowly lower it to arm 's length . |
| 15 | The air was Alpine-clear , bringing the ridge , rocks and dunes to arm 's length , like a film set . |
| 16 | He spun her away , letting her go to arm 's length as she twirled , but following closely . |
| 17 | He held her away to arm 's length , his kindly brown eyes sweeping her face as though searching for clues . |
| 18 | He gripped her upper arms , his fingers pressing cruelly into her tender flesh as he shoved her none too gently away to arm 's length . |
| 19 | But he was smiling broadly as he held her away to arm 's length . |
| 20 | He lift ed his picture , held it at arm 's length , considered it , replaced it on the table , rubbed out a couple of lines and carried on drawing . |
| 21 | The next day , although I sprayed the pests , as I knew I must , I stood at arm 's length from the compost heap and wore jeans and high-rise trainers . |
| 22 | Bend over , holding the ends of the bar at arm 's length . |
| 23 | Bend over , holding the dumb-bell at arm 's length between your knees , with the back of your elbow pressing against the inside of the thigh . |
| 24 | This involves holding out a bar at arm 's length and then rotating it . |
| 25 | The key objective is a 15 per cent return on equity , and all business within the group is conducted at arm 's length on guidelines laid down by CB at the centre . |
| 26 | Hold trolley at arm 's length . |
| 27 | Also , we have something that is very unique and that is a design group that provides a design service at arm 's length to each of the operating companies . |
| 28 | Although it has kept NATO 's military command at arm 's length all these years , France does not want to see the Americans , still the basis of Europe 's security and stability , pull out completely . |
| 29 | Mr Gaviria has sensibly decided to operate at arm 's length , seeking influence through private meetings with all sides . |
| 30 | The Americans kept the United Nations at arm 's length during the fighting of the war . |