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COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bridge spans sth (= crosses a wide area )
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By 1875 a railroad bridge spanned the Missouri.
a concentration span (= the length of time that you are able to concentrate )
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Young children have a short concentration span.
attention span
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Children often have a short attention span .
short attention span
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Children often have a short attention span .
spick and span
time span
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It’s difficult to imagine a time span of a million years.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
long
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Development of all major new weapons programmes would nevertheless continue but over a longer time span .
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With a longer life span , a lot of people are just becoming too frail to take care of themselves.
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We shall not make any comments about this until we have had a chance to inspect a longer time span .
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That is a comparatively recent idea in the long span of history.
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Any investigation which covers a long span of time is bound to encounter certain special problems.
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This survey provides a particularly rich source of data because of the long time span covered.
short
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Then, for the second time in the short span that she had known the man, her mouth fell open.
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The shorter the span , the smaller lumber you can use.
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On the drive to Pelham Woods Rachel realised just how short the concentration span was of some members of the group.
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What exciting, fulfilling, profitable things do I want to do during my short span on planet Earth?
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Anencephalus, for example, has no life expectancy beyond a few weeks, and even this short life span is rare.
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Organisation One of the problems often associated with working with young children is their apparently short concentration span .
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A busy man, Johnny Cash, with a notoriously short attention span .
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Unfortunately fish, like us all, do not live for ever, and some have shorter live spans than others.
wide
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They don't have a very wide span of vision either, and they have no sense of perspective.
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attention
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Try to increase your attention span and extend the length of time over which you can work effectively.
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Dear Kidsday: My attention span in school is very, very short.
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It increases our attention span . 2.
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And for those whose attention spans are trained to a short leash, it may be just the ticket.
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A busy man, Johnny Cash, with a notoriously short attention span .
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Given current attention spans , it may as well have come out during the Pleistocene.
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Most puppies have a rather limited attention span , such is their enthusiasm for life.
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These were necessary because most special education students have difficulty in concentrating and have generally limited attention spans .
concentration
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On the drive to Pelham Woods Rachel realised just how short the concentration span was of some members of the group.
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Organisation One of the problems often associated with working with young children is their apparently short concentration span .
life
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From these deathly origins Nizan's life span was to proceed in an anguished spiral.
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The company mixes engine oils, also shortening engines life spans .
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He points out that an animal's life span is linked to its metabolic rate.
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With a longer life span , a lot of people are just becoming too frail to take care of themselves.
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Anencephalus, for example, has no life expectancy beyond a few weeks, and even this short life span is rare.
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So too is ego, the life span of which, as seen, is but a wink....
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It is generally accepted that the life span of the traditional flat felt roof is about 10 years.
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But the good news is that the gap between male and female life spans is narrowing.
time
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Development of all major new weapons programmes would nevertheless continue but over a longer time span .
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Statistically this loss rate is low seen in the perspective of the number of flying Spitfires over this time span .
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I call this measure the responsibility time span of the role.
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We shall not make any comments about this until we have had a chance to inspect a longer time span .
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This survey provides a particularly rich source of data because of the long time span covered.
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The time span which is likely to be required for a generation of more effective large-scale entrepreneurs to evolve is considerable.
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The time span of observation in these studies varies from a few minutes to several hours.
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Here dating becomes more and more problematical as the time spans become longer and longer.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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During a fifty-year span , Baldwin produced close to ninety novels.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Any investigation which covers a long span of time is bound to encounter certain special problems.
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Bridge police say they drive about 2, 000 bridge phobics over the spans each year.
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In February, they play 14 games, including seven in a span of 11 nights, all on the road.
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In her mind, the reengineering decision granted her a well-deserved promotion and greater span of control.
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It has 9 arches with above-average spans of 58 feet.
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Logitech predicts a life span of between six months and a year.Overall, I liked the MouseMan Cordless very much.
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Organisation One of the problems often associated with working with young children is their apparently short concentration span .
III. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
almost
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Their interests span almost all the conventional disciplines.
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Saint-Thomas's departure from the first secretaryship closed a cycle of ministerial dynasticism that had spanned almost a century.
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Kakoo's life spanned almost a century and her wonderful memory made everything so vivid for all the generations who knew her.
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Nevertheless, despite this work spanning almost half a century, it can be understood as forming a coherent and systematic theory.
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The Cornmill's central feature is a giant glazed atrium spanning almost ninety feet and consisting of 258 panes of glass.
■ NOUN
bridge
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The bridge spans the watercourse descending from Coire Mhic Nobuil in a very attractive setting, well seen from the parapet.
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By 1875 Atchison could boast of a railroad bridge spanning the Missouri, a mechanical marvel that turned in order to open.
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One runner remembers an elaborate bridge under construction, spanning the highway, with an office building next door.
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This most elegant of bridges has a centre span of 702 feet.
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The bridge , which spans the moat, is 140 feet long and 30 feet wide.
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We soon saw the lengthy pontoon bridge spanning the Angara River.
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This is the bridge that still spans the entrance to the Junction.
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From the farm continue along a trackway leading northwards over a bridge spanning Scandale Beck.
career
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Norman Schwarzkopf's army career spanned 35 years.
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With a working career spanning barely four years, he is the list's sensation.
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The two-week work experience forms an important part of All Saints' careers programme, which spans three years.
generation
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The time-scale involved is seldom measurable, but spans many generations .
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The book's appeal spans generations .
period
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The carving of the Mount Rushmore Monument likewise spanned a period of fourteen years.
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Until the end of the month a selection of them spanning a forty-year period may be seen at Matthew Marks.
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The third winter series of meetings spans the period September 1990 to April 1991 and consists of eight seminars.
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The display includes 24 works from the collection of the Tate Gallery, spanning a period of 160 years.
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Most treatment span a period of time, so check that you have sufficient medication for the whole course.
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The analysis spans a period when technology and communication techniques transformed the outward face of policing.
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The disclosed documents, which span a period up to 1995, do not suggest that BATemployees committed any crime in Britain.
river
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He was supremely confident that he could span the river .
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Bridges with catenary lights that spanned rivers wider than I could swim.
spectrum
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Transend are continually looking for shareware that spans a wide spectrum .
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Hard stony meteorites span the entire spectrum of strengths between these extremes, and they will be selected accordingly.
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Opposition to most-favored-nation status spans the political spectrum .
time
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In other words, lots of concurrent partners in the briefest possible time span will equal the greatest chance of epidemic spread.
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Historical records extend only a few thousand years, a time span that is still inadequate to treat slow geologic processes.
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Thus the bulk of Laurentia came together in the relatively short time span of 150 million years.
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All those decisions can often occur within a five-minute entrepreneurial time span .
years
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Norman Schwarzkopf's army career spanned 35 years .
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Their research spanned thirteen years , and involved twelve hundred subjects in nine different studies.
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The three cave occupations spanned some 100,000 years with ten distinct cultural horizons.
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Thus the bulk of Laurentia came together in the relatively short time span of 150 million years .
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With a working career spanning barely four years , he is the list's sensation.
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A fascinating and provocative timetable spanning nearly 200 million years has emerged.
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His writings fill twenty-four manuscript volumes, spanning the years 1781 to 1794.
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Police in Cheshire and Greater Manchester have joined forces to investigate a series of attacks which span more than six years .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Heimat' is a vivid social drama spanning sixty years in the life of one small village.
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Cecil Pickett's teaching career spanned 33 years.
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In a career spanning four decades, Brewster had many legal triumphs.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A key feature is the system's automatic two-phase commit support for distributed transactions spanning multiple heterogeneous databases that support two-phase commit.
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It took a full forty-eight hours to span the continent from New York to Los Angeles.
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Mason Pearson's unsurpassed reputation for true value combined with the very highest standards in hair care now spans a whole century.
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Moreover, the proposed business units would span several establishments and would not lend themselves easily to rapid consolidation.
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Some researchers believe the topography may even approach a Himalayan scale, spanning several miles from peak to trough.
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The columns carried hefty ceiling or roof beams, sometimes spanning 5 metres, but usually less.