Although she herself was illiterate, she recognized the value of literacy in running such a far-flung empire.

It's time for a different political structure, one more suited to rule a far-flung empire.

And it has tried many of the new ad types on one or another corner of its far-flung empire.

Through it they hoped to revive their once far-flung Levantine empire.

Through the influence of Britain's far-flung empire, it spread to become the world's most popular sport.

A few lights burned in Parliament, where government of a far-flung empire no doubt could not afford to wait till morning.

The British also used airlines to knit together elements of their far-flung empire.

It had been completed in 1939, designed to serve a far-flung empire.

Their far-flung empire spans most of an entire continent, but they are pressed on all sides by hostile enemies.

Though the effort failed, the battle is an example of the incessant European challenges to the far-flung Spanish empire.