.... thus more suitable for scientific and arm’s-length inquiries.
Does it (arm’s-length) connote to anything other than scientific inquiries?
thanks in advance,
"arm's-length enquiries" does not mean scientific enquiries, it means that the person carrying out the enquiry is not close (literally or figuratively) to the subject of the enquiry.
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"arm's-length enquiries" does not mean scientific enquiries, it means that the person carrying out the enquiry is not close (literally or figuratively) to the subject of the enquiry.