Synonym: bridge, distance, expanse, extent, interval, measure, period, reach, spell, stretch, viaduct. Similar words: Hispanic, Spanish, space, spate, spark, newspaper, spatula, pan. Meaning: [spæn] n. 1. the complete duration of something 2. the distance or interval between two points 3. two items of the same kind 4. a unit of length based on the width of the expanded human hand (usually taken as 9 inches) 5. a structure that allows people or vehicles to cross an obstacle such as a river or canal or railway etc. 6. the act of sitting or standing astride. v. to cover or extend over an area or time period.
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61. Clear Span are Britain's most famous manufacturers and erectors of commercial aluminium glasshouses, floral halls and pool enclosures.
62. With a longer life span, a lot of people are just becoming too frail to take care of themselves.
63. Within a span of decades, technological advances, organizational innovations, and new ways of thinking transform economies.
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64. In other words, if a manager has five subordinates, the span of control is five.
65. This extraordinary story was ruthlessly edited down to its allotted span and eventually tucked away in the last of four hour-long programmes.
66. Parents need to be realistic about their child's attention span.
67. There is little information on their life span in the wild -- perhaps leeches are difficult to track.
68. London and the South-east will have to absorb 900,000 extra households over the same span of years.
69. Any objective should be realistic or, in other words, possible to achieve successfully within the forecasted time span.
70. The time span of observation in these studies varies from a few minutes to several hours.
71. She could certainly be tidier around the apartment, which is usually so spick and span when she arrives.
72. Vancouver scored three goals in a span of 5: 25 during the middle period.
73. This sort of inter-Departmental structure may be the model for other Garden services which span several Departments.
74. He points out that an animal's life span is linked to its metabolic rate.
75. My ten foot span model can produce something like 150 kilos of lift.
76. But only a small number cross functions or span the entire enterprise.
77. A group of whirligig beetles span round and round on the surface of the water putting me in a daze.
78. All those decisions can often occur within a five-minute entrepreneurial time span.
79. In her mind, the reengineering decision granted her a well-deserved promotion and greater span of control.
80. A 10-year life span for classified information, unless an agency specifies that the information must have continued secrecy.
81. During a fifty-year span, Baldwin produced close to ninety novels.
82. I call this measure the responsibility time span of the role.
83. It may occur several times within an organism's lifetime, sometimes within a span of hours or even minutes.
84. Logitech predicts a life span of between six months and a year.Overall, I liked the MouseMan Cordless very much.
85. The database has extensive disaggregation by country, distinguishes fourteen commodity groups and covers a twenty year span of data.
86. On a typical p/e of five, water shares look bargain-basement compared to oil companies which span the nine to 10 range.
87. On the drive to Pelham Woods Rachel realised just how short the concentration span was of some members of the group.
88. So unless we become the agents of our own destruction, we have hardly begun our allotted span on Earth.
89. Most treatment span a period of time, so check that you have sufficient medication for the whole course.
90. A project completed within that time span is adjudged to have been successful.