11.   Where almost any other director would be tempted to milk such a shock for pathos, de Oliveira maintains a discreet distance.

12.   Patrol boats from both countries kept at a discreet distance to avoid confrontation.

13.   Police in grey, armored Land-Rovers observed and videotaped the march from a discreet distance.

14.   Hundreds of paramilitary rangers and policemen lined the streets, watching the procession a discreet distance away.

15.   Police kept a discreet distance as squads of loyalists in black leather jackets and carrying walkie-talkies marshalled the funeral.

16.   Turkish and Greek Navy patrol boats kept at a discreet distance to avoid confrontation.

17.   A small police presence kept a discreet distance and the protest passed off peacefully.

18.   Agents of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation kept watch from a discreet distance.

19.   Essentially that means escorting the team to and from each site and staying at a discreet distance during the work.

20.   The smugglers, who had kept a discreet distance behind their drugs mules, escaped under cover of darkness.