Example sentences of "you can not afford " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can not afford to lose your data . |
| 2 | As one described it , neighbourhood policing requires constables who know that ‘ All you learn in the classroom is what your powers are ’ , and that ‘ You do n't learn about the real facts of police work until you 're out actually doing it ’ , and that you can not afford to be ‘ heavy-handed ’ . |
| 3 | If you can not afford the coffee table then you can not afford the book . |
| 4 | If you can not afford the coffee table then you can not afford the book . |
| 5 | If you can not afford saffron , use turmeric , but you will miss the delicate fragrance of the Spanish spice . |
| 6 | To run a proper dictatorship , you can not afford to have newspapers denouncing your actions . |
| 7 | But if you can not afford to leave , might it not be better to put up with the treatment that you have received rather than becoming unemployed ? |
| 8 | On such occasions you can not afford the time , no matter how little , to set up a clip-on bobbin . |
| 9 | There are so many carp anglers , all fishing with high nutritive value ( HNV ) boiled baits , attached to hair- and bolt-rigs , usually at long range , you can not afford to persist with the old baits and rigs and expect much success . |
| 10 | If you can not afford to invest the maximum allowed each year or would rather make regular monthly savings than invest in lump sums , you can put by as little as £10 per month . |
| 11 | If you have to have a special diet for health reasons , and find you can not afford the price , make sure you are claiming the supplementary benefits to which you are entitled . |
| 12 | If you can not afford or do not want new furniture , then start to attack the soft furnishings . |
| 13 | In other words all the things you have to do without if you can not afford them this year . |
| 14 | Should the rabbit — even the front rabbit — already be dead , there is no problem , but at this stage you are not aware of that so you can not afford to take any chances . |
| 15 | You can not afford to be within range of the knife ; one stab in the wrong place and it 's all over . |
| 16 | After having amassed around 200 hours on the Corsair since purchasing it in 1982 , the novelty of flying this beast has not diminished : ‘ Today I feel that every flight in the Corsair is as exciting as the first , mainly because with the Corsair you can not afford to be complacent , as the aircraft will sometimes bite back , so I have to be alert all the time while I am flying ’ . |
| 17 | If you can not afford it consider dropping the unit altogether . |
| 18 | And it is no good buying your plane , if , after all the other costs , you can not afford enough MOGAS or 100LL to actually fly it . |
| 19 | If you find you can not afford a pony at present , the British Horse Society will provide you with a list of approved Horse Sanctuaries . |
| 20 | If you are , I can offer you a bargain which you can not afford to miss . |
| 21 | You can not afford to wade through pages of scribbles , finding that most of it is of no value . |
| 22 | Your time is much more limited than it would be in a real case , and you can not afford to waste it ; on the other hand , it is no use gabbling what you have to say , for then it will not be understood . |
| 23 | Finally , look after your health — if you are really going to the top enormous demands are going to be made on your time and strength and you can not afford to be careless . ’ |
| 24 | One thing is certain , regardless of how big or small your publishing operation ; desktop publishing is now a technology you can not afford to ignore . |
| 25 | The fact that you might have been able to get it yourself is only relevant if you can not afford to buy it . |
| 26 | You can not afford to be without this brilliant package . |
| 27 | ‘ But you can not afford it ! ’ |
| 28 | If you can not afford the furniture or floorcovering you want , further trips to shops or markets , or looking at suppliers ' catalogues , should give you more inspiration . |
| 29 | You can buy one of the many reproduction plaster or fibre-glass cornices by the foot and have it added to your room just under the ceiling or , if you can not afford this luxury , go for a stylish compromise with a paper border . |
| 30 | Even if you can not afford them now , are you likely to acquire extra equipment in the future like a dishwasher , microwave oven , washing machine or freezer ? |