The phrase "span a variety" is correct and usable in written English.
You would use it when talking about a range of different items or ideas. For example, "This store has items to span a variety of tastes and budgets."
The new grants span a variety of areas.
Its major customers span a variety of industries — consumer electronics, autos, mobile phones and computers — and include Apple, Bosch, Hewlett-Packard, Nokia and Sony Ericsson.
Automotive branding campaigns span a variety of online and offline media including display ads, billboards and TV ads, but the same cannot be said for leads and conversions in the automotive market, which take place almost exclusively offline.
Like Mr. Kriens, Mr. Smith is betting that his company's focus on a specific and potentially lucrative niche will allow it to outmaneuver titans like Lucent and Cisco that are trying to span a variety of communications sectors.
The 10 institutions span a variety of subjects and histories, with three specialising in the arts – Bournemouth, Norwich and Falmouth – and two – Royal Agricultural College and Harper Adams University College – devoted to agriculture.
These studies span a variety of model structures, samples, and aggregations, making the comparison inherently difficult.
The group already spans a variety of political systems, from Thailand's newish democracy to Vietnam's one-party state.
The discussion spanned a variety of Tolkien-related topics: the correct method of writing in Elvish, the best way to assemble an accurate cosmological model of Middle-Earth.
In 1975 at Hadar, Johanson found and excavated a small site of several A. afarensis individuals, later known as the "First Family," that spanned a variety of life stages.
But Ms Reddin said that although Are You Being Served? was her most famous show, Sugden was "too good" an actress not to do drama as well and her career spanned a variety of roles.
Sony Music, which will release the album, said the release "highlights Elvis Presley's diverse musical tastes and appreciation for great vocalists spanning a variety of genres from standards to opera".
