The bank is a large financial services provider, with operations spanning four continents.

Its operations spanned much of northern and central Iraq.

The Company's operations spanned 15 countries, incorporating about 120 facilities and approximately 25,000 employees.

Its operations spanned 37,000 square miles across 30 counties.

First, the division, as part of a telecommunications empire, has operations spanning a wide geographical area.

Such suspicions are never easy to allay, especially among a disparate group of bankers whose operations span the globe.

Novelis is the world's largest producer of rolled aluminum sheet, with operations spanning 11 countries and nearly 11,000 employees.

Even though he was one of the wealthiest men of his day, with operations spanning 23 countries, his name was little known.

Their operations span the food distribution, financial, insurance, remittance, hardware retailing and food-processing industries.

The migrations were certainly not a sudden, concerted military operation, but the expansion of disconnected tribes and cultures, spanning many generations.