To insure this outcome, they keep a distance between themselves and their close colleagues.

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The paper said the majority of errors involved failing to keep proper distance between planes on the ground and in the air.

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But they would always keep a distance emotional and physical between themselves and their masters.

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It drew fire from those, like the Rowntree Trust, who reckoned it replaced a commitment to a shared future with a mutual accommodation between two sides happy to keep their distance.

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Mr Assad recently stressed that he intended to keep an equal distance from all the Palestinian factions and to encourage them to pursue reconciliation between themselves in order to strengthen their international position.

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"Because of the way people defend at scrums, with the greater distance between defensive lines, it should mean there's more space, hence the need to keep scrums squarer - so I see that as a positive, " he said.

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