31.   How can confidence be aroused by maintaining distance from the people?

32.   Reluctant to do that, they have opted to maintain their distance from Arafat.

33.   Riot police guarding the government buildings maintained their distance during the peaceful demonstration, which paralyzed downtown traffic in Quito.

34.   The Turkish government has tried to maintain its distance from the conflict.

35.   The move is a largely unprecedented display of solidarity with aid agencies usually preferring to maintain their distance from any military presence, which they often view with mistrust.