Example sentences of "can [adv] longer [vb infin] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If this is an alternative , let it be aired before it is too late to act , for the quality for life of ourselves and for our children rests upon our careful deliberation and action now : We can no longer afford the luxury of complacency and continuous contingency reactions |
| 32 | In such circumstances the individual can not think entirely of himself , and certainly the therapist can no longer afford the luxury of ignoring everything that is going on outside the consulting room ; finally , in the specific circumstances of psychoanalytic theory , the individualistic fallacy can no longer go unchallenged . |
| 33 | Unix International , which , like OSF , says it can no longer afford the $1m annual cost of membership ( UX No 404 ) will also be looking for a new role within the organisation come the end of 1992 . |
| 34 | She ca n't afford to buy records and books , she can no longer afford the rent on her black-and-white TV , and she is now in debt after paying the final instalment of her poll tax for 1991 . |
| 35 | The greatest sting , it seems , lies with credit cards which were issued almost indiscriminately in the booming Eighties , but now many people find they can no longer afford the interest charges levied . |
| 36 | One of the detrimental effects that Professor Taylor has observed is that managers can no longer find the time to go on external training courses . |
| 37 | In male sterilisation , or vasectomy , the tubes ( the vas deferens ) through which sperm travel from the testes to the penis , are cut or blocked so that sperm can no longer enter the ejaculate ( the fluid released when a man reaches climax ) . |
| 38 | The tubes through which sperm travel from the testes to the penis are cut or blocked so that sperm can no longer enter the semen that is ejaculated when the man ‘ comes ’ . |
| 39 | Cost-cutters who wo n't pay out the extra for ‘ traditional ’ , ‘ free-range ’ , ‘ conservation grade ’ or ‘ organic ’ can no longer put the blame for cruelty to animals on the factory farmers . |
| 40 | The importance of acceptance is that once it has taken place , the buyer can no longer reject the goods , claim that the seller has failed to perform the contract , and refuse to pay the price . |
| 41 | It could allow you to build an extension to give you a ground floor bathroom an bedroom if you can no longer use the stairs . |