The fund operates at arms length but is ultimately controlled by the Welsh government.

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In the US, political action committees (PACS) which are at arms length from the parties and candidates, are right in the thick of campaigning.

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It is also recommended that a new body called Qualifications Wales should be established at arms length from the Welsh government to regulate qualifications.

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The US held Israel at arms length until after its stunning victory against Soviet clients Egypt and Syria in the 1967 Six Day War.

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Sunderland continued to hold their opponents at arms length for the most part, though, and went close themselves when Leadbitter drove a 30-yard free-kick wide.

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Acting general secretary of the National Union of Teachers, Christine Blower, said it was a matter of "concern" that the government was keeping the Cambridge Primary Review "at arms length".

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In a statement after a 5 to 0 vote on the matter, Pennsylvania's Public Service Commission said separating the divisions would be enough to force them to operate at arms length.

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Some brands want to be kept at arms length.

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Villa had also brought a fine save out of Eduardo early on, while Xavi fired a first-time shot over from a corner but, after surviving those scares, Carlos Queiroz's side not only found a way of keeping Spain at arms length, they also began to threaten at the other end.

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Certainly, the Nobel authorities themselves have kept the economics prize at arms' length.

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Taufa'ao Filise shunted over to restore the Blues' lead and despite a late try by Andrew Higgins, Blair's boot kept Bath at arm's length at the Arms Park.

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Another interferometer with arms of the same length is under construction at Kamioka in Japan.

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For example, a government official gets a kickback from a contractor who, as it turns out, performed work for the city at the same price as if it were an arms-length negotiated deal.

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The body hadn't been laid out full-length with its arms by its sides, as bodies usually were at the time.

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Based at a Welsh government-owned building in Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taf, the centre will be an arms-length subsidiary company of the Aneurin Bevan Health Board, acting on behalf of all seven LHBs.

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