Example sentences of "can afford to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , one week , the quietest woman in the group said : ‘ This is the only place where I can afford to be honest , ’ and somehow it seemed the healing process had begun . |
| 2 | Nobody here can afford to be standoffish . |
| 3 | Handy , looking from a slightly different perspective of the whole organisation , comes to essentially similar conclusions — everyone will have to be a manager but at the same time , no one can afford to be only a manager . |
| 4 | A more prosperous Britain can afford to be ambitious . |
| 5 | ‘ They can afford to be reasonable . |
| 6 | That said , no scientist , politician , or policy maker who has any interest in the future of mankind can afford to be without this book . |
| 7 | It is one thing to realize that our faith will always be weaker than we would like it to be , but it is quite another to insist that our faith must be weaker than it can afford to be . |
| 8 | As ‘ number-one woman ’ in your husband 's life you are in a strong position , and can afford to be very generous to her , especially in the all important matter of making sure that she is often able to spend time quite alone with her son . |
| 9 | As Cuba is painfully aware , the US is the only superpower left in the Caribbean basin , and no country can afford to be its enemy . |
| 10 | Tony Knight , director of the strategic management programme at Henley Management College , points out that Japanese workers can afford to be more altruistic than western employees because they generally operate under a policy of life-long employment with one company . |
| 11 | No haulier can afford to be complacent on this issue . |
| 12 | Rulers who argue that a country has to be well-off before it can afford to be politically decent to its people are generally providing themselves with an excuse for continuing in their bad old ways . |
| 13 | These images were entirely uncommercial , but at times one can afford to be prodigal and self indulgent . |
| 14 | Escalating crime figures prove that nobody can afford to be complacent about security . |
| 15 | There is a government Sanitary Committee , but doctors report members as corrupt and irresponsible and companies operating their own control mechanisms can afford to be very lax . |
| 16 | These images were entirely uncommercial , but at times one can afford to be prodigal and self indulgent . |
| 17 | It may be that , at least in the Western World , we have reached a level of wealth where we can afford to be concerned about the environment . |
| 18 | Then cost it all out and work backwards from there seeing what you really can afford — and can afford to be without . |
| 19 | You can afford to be generous . |
| 20 | Most experienced physicians would find it useful to refer to and in my opinion no postgraduate library or teaching practice can afford to be without a copy . |
| 21 | TOPR is fine but only for those who can afford to be effectively unemployed for several months . |
| 22 | Neither side can afford to be blamed for the collapse of a dialogue which had raised Spanish hopes of an end to ETA violence . |
| 23 | And I think it can afford to be now , because I do n't , I do n't agree with you . |
| 24 | The wealthy and high-income groups can afford to be part of pressure groups favouring their position and to make donations to political parties to ‘ buy ’ influence , broadly speaking . |
| 25 | It can afford to be a bit later but I do n't se , I do n't see that the |
| 26 | I ca n't see that they can afford to be a high profile company ? |
| 27 | You can afford to be cheap and cheerful when it comes to just about every other accessory , but a bag says more about you than all the rest put together . |
| 28 | He can afford to be . |
| 29 | You can afford to be ca n't you ? |