Sentences with phrase «not at arms length»

PHPIC is just an provincial association which directs applicants to the NHICC, these two associatons are not at arms length as they claim.

Not exact matches

Whitman doesn't hide her disdain for the way Hurd — who kept all but his inner circle at arm's length — ran things.

That's not easy for Frind, who seems most comfortable with the world at arm's length.

That's not a radiation issue, but it may be a good reason to consider keeping your mobile device at arm's length.

Mr. Trump also spoke at length about the standoff with armed protesters who last Saturday seized the headquarters at a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon, suggesting that he would have called the leader of the group to try to make a deal to end it — and would have acted against them if negotiations failed because «you can not let people take over federal property.»

Thus the revised regulation at issue in Altera does not revolutionize the meaning of arm's length.

We can not hold this parable at arm's length and shake our heads at the bad guys who ran the religious institution.

We set up boundaries so that we don't burn out, hold people at arms length... and yet Jesus just poured out, and poured out, and poured out.

All the ugliness seen in the OT does not fit with the Jesus I see of the Gospels, so that I hold at arms length until I have been in relationship with others long enough for my inner self to show me how it does fit with the all loving nature of Jesus Christ.

Obviously these dubious characters must have liked his company a good deal better than they would have liked that of his critics, even if these had not held them at arm's length.

a knee - level view from your bit of pavement; a battered, upturned cooking pot and countable ribs, coughing from your steel - banded lungs, alone, with your face to the wall; shrunken breasts and a three year old who can not stand; the ringed fingers, the eyes averted and a five - paise piece in your palm; smoking the babus» cigarette butts to quieten the fiend in your belly; a husband without a job, without a square meal a day, without energy, without hope; being at the mercy of everyone further up the ladder because you are a threat to their self - respect; a hut of tins and rags and plastic bags, in a warren of huts you can not stand up in, where your neighbors live at one arm's length across the lane; a man who cries out in silence; nobody listening, for everyone's talking; the prayer withheld, the heart withheld, the hand withheld; yours and mine Lord teach us to hate our poverty of spirit.

What is most familiar to us is not what is nearest to us, but what we can hold at arm's length.

We'll continue have friends in the church — not keeping everyone at an arms - length because we were their «Pastor».

The planet itself seemed less impressive, in its old - fashioned, deliberate, annual or daily revolution, than this huge wheel, revolving within arm's length at some vertiginous speed, and barely murmuring, — scarcely humming an audible warning to stand a hair's - breadth further for respect of power, — while it would not wake the baby lying close against its frame.

I have to say that I am not on good terms with anchovies, I totally laughed the the tip of spoon at arm's length part.

Some firms choose to keep their customers at arms» length, but not Performance Food Group (PFG).

The odd trophy is enough for them to keep the fans at arms length for a bit but they won't change and haven't no matter how much they insisted they are.

Arm Length — Hand Size — Velocity at the Combine (Two numbers show different velocity to left and right) Rudolph 32 3/8 — 9 1/8 — 52 Allen 33 1/4 — 10 1/8 — 62 Darnold 31 — 9 3/8 — Did Not Throw Jackson 33 1/8 — 9 1/2 — 49 Mayfield 30 1/4 — 9 1/4 — 59 - 60 Rosen 31 3/4 — 9 7/8 — 57 - 59

Any «slow playing» after that is about making sure a recruits commit is solid and not to keep them at arms length until they here about another kid.

Palace haven't been as expansive in this second half, but they've easily kept the visitors at arm's length.

Rovers start with a home fixture with Portsmouth, a side currently bottom of the league, but they then face teams not too far away from them in Bolton Wanderers & Stoke City, both of which are very winnable games for Blackburn but they are games they must win if they are to keep the relegation zone at arms length.

She realized that his simple statement cut through the contemporary advice to keep babies at arm's length and confirmed what she knew in her heart to be right — that maternal instinct, not modern medicine, was the true expert on birthing and feeding babies.

Climbing carefully out of bed, so as not to wake our older daughter, he'll scoop up the crier and shuffle back into our bedroom where he'll offer her to me at arm's length.

Dad's face is absolutely precious as he picks up his daughter to take her to be cleaned up, he's not very impressed as he holds her away at arm's length, trying not to get the poop all over himself.

People watching this unfold calculated that he couldn't bear to make an appearance in person, so he kept his promises at arm's length through video message and over the phone.

By being outspoken about the tactics and requirements in his new role, he implicitly keeps the Tories at arm's length and reassures his own party that any sacrifices being made are for concrete, clearly - understood reasons - not because they're being played by superior tacticians in Downing Street.

«These transactions have to be made at arms length, but it wouldn't necessarily be difficult at all because they own the land that exists now,» the governor continued.

A public body, often referred to as a quango, is an organisation that delivers a public service, is not a government department and operates at arm's length from ministers.

«In the past we have had a tradition of trying to keep extreme partisanship in the judicial confirmation process at arms length, and have not had a process that is tainted by extreme partisanship.

His speech was received with sustained applause at points, if not exuberance, perhaps underscoring his arm's - length approach to some elements in his own party.

Part I If you fumbled for your reading glasses to see these words or are peering at the page at arm's length, you already know that age is not kind to vision.

I was bitter and didn't want to forgive him, so I kept him at arms length.

Grab both ends of the rope and stand away from the weight stack so when you hold the rope at arms» length, the weight with the pin is not touching the rest of the stack.

If you don't have a sandbag, a dumbbell or kettlebell, held at arms length, can be substituted.

In other words, one head did not always display a greater moment arm length than the other (s) at any given joint angle.

The moment arm length for the three heads of the triceps at equal elbow joint angles was not consistent across the 3 subjects.

It is not clear at what joint angle the moment arm length increases as the arm is elevated towards 120 degrees.

COMMENTS: I thought my body shape wouldn't work well with this however it fitted me perfectly, Brilliant length on the arms and comments all day at work.

Soft, true to size, and the sleeves aren't at a stupid length that cut off your arm and make it look weird.

I ordered the petite size because I'm short (I'm only 5» 1»), but the sleeves on me hit at an awkward place — somewhere between 3/4 length and bracelet sleeve (and, I don't have long arms, either!).

If I were only allowed to keep three, I would have to choose my Hugo Boss Tuxedo (slightly oversized with a satin collar detail and the nearest I have come to Le Smoking thus far); the Skinny Fit Joseph Blazer (shiny black, shrunken fit, lightweight, good for any given day); my Emanuel Ungaro tweedy brocade (hip length, lined, warm, doubles as a coat in fall, looks like Chanel, brilliant with jeans, or with a slip dress); Vintage Armani (mannish, loose fit, hip length, two vintage moth holes, but if I keep my right arm down no one knows)... But oops that's four — but I have mulled this over on a number of occasions and my selection often differs, and that's why I can't give any of them up and in fact usually end up acquiring another one, and why I'm not opposed to adding to my collection either, so I'm looking at 3 current Blazer trends to play with and maybe I can retire a few to storage for a while.

Is there a better prospecting tool to enable us to engage with a mature lady or gent at arm's length and help us determine if we would like or not like to meet him or her in person?

The movie's all - too - deliberate pace holds the viewer at arms length for much of its overlong running time, however, as Foley's rough - cut sensibilities result in a surfeit of palpably padded - out and entirely needless sequences - with the ensuing lack of momentum ensuring that certain moments aren't able to pack the visceral punch that Foley has intended.

Yet again, since The Danish Girl doesn't develop its characters in a before - and - after sense, and keeps Einar's / Lili's internal reasoning at arm's length (the reasons Einar / Lili act the way he / she does is never really explored), it is difficult to connect with Lili.

If Abe keeps both women at arms» length it's not that he finds them unattractive.

He's a fascinating figure, Wilder — a director of obvious genius who has defied easy auteur classification not because he didn't have his distinguishing characteristics (the outsider hero yearning for assimilation, for instance), but because his films are only queasily liked and then only at arm's length.

The warmth of the production and Haynes» directorial style too often doesn't gel with the cerebral, structured material, an issue that consistently kept me at arms length from the story and its characters.

That's once you're in, though: more often than not Baumbach's films also have traits that seem to hold the audience — especially the casual onlooker — at arm's length.

Granted, the balancing act doesn't always go as planned, and there are certainly some tonal issues in a number of scenes — ahem, the love story that's soldered in; the ridiculous gun fight — but it's a sour character study that's always held at arm's length, all while you're duck - taped to a chair wondering what's going on.

While Haynes's statement suggests the two films may share a kinship of some sort beyond structural similarities, their treatment of human behavior couldn't be any more at odds, as David Lean's adaptation of Noël Coward's play Still Life seeks to penetrate the inner psychological life of Laura (Celia Johnson), a married British woman and mother, while Haynes keeps his characters at arm's length, emphasizing surfaces and crucial overlaps between appearances of objects and humans.