Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] can [not/n't] afford " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I ca n't afford to take care |
| 2 | Say I ca n't afford to have me hair done this week can you afford to give our Wendy some money ? |
| 3 | ‘ I realise you can not afford to run all the time but , that said , it should still be the first thing you have a look at , ’ he reasoned . |
| 4 | ‘ They realise we ca n't afford to pay contract money , ’ Lowe said . |
| 5 | If we say we can not afford it , the reply is that we pay out more and more millions of pounds in unemployment benefit . |
| 6 | There has been an increase in suitable candidates , with women becoming more highly qualified through educational opportunities — businesses realise they can not afford to cut themselves off from 50 per cent of the market eg IBM , Unilever . |
| 7 | I do n't know , people l I 'm of them say they ca n't afford to pay the kids , and get the food for the kids , and they 'll have to give them chips a couple of , every day of the week or whatever , but th there 's no need for that . |
| 8 | They say they ca n't afford it , we say that we must afford it . |
| 9 | The firm has been put into liquidation by it 's owners , who say they ca n't afford to pay redundancy money . |
| 10 | Councillors say they ca n't afford the repairs which would cost three million pounds a year . |
| 11 | They say they ca n't afford to treat them on the National Health . |
| 12 | Sainsbury hope to build a store on United Bus company land at Grange Road , but owners Caldaire say they can not afford to sell the land because it has to give the Government a fixed percentage of the sale . |
| 13 | Many families do n't have a car and some say they can not afford taxi fares . |
| 14 | He says I ca n't afford scrap . |
| 15 | Pilar Wayne now says she ca n't afford the upkeep on ‘ La Roca ’ in exclusive Newport Beach , California , and has put it on the market for £2 million . |
| 16 | Well I says Andy cut it down a bit like , even if you could cut , cut it down a bit for and I says he ca n't afford to give big housekeeping money and plus try and get a bus away to Kilkeel and take out , or take the wee girl out , what do you call her , Sonia . |
| 17 | Geoff Addy , of the Old Dun Cow , says he can not afford a new 20-year lease which will put his rent and rates up to £2,000 a week . |
| 18 | It 's all because they ca n't cross from one platform to another … and British Rail says it ca n't afford to help them . |
| 19 | While British Rail says it ca n't afford to help disabled travellers at Leominster , it has come up with the cash to improve a commuter line that 's been plagued with delays and breakdowns . |
| 20 | But the local council says it ca n't afford to help him . |
| 21 | The county constabulary says it ca n't afford it , so now the local police committee is asking the Government to lend a hand . |
| 22 | The county council says it ca n't afford to upgrade them . |
| 23 | The local council says it ca n't afford to run them , but objectors say the libraries are an important part of their community . |
| 24 | The Brazilian government , apparently unaware of the huge unrealised economic asset going up in flames across the Amazon , says it can not afford to preserve the rainforest because it needs economic development . |
| 25 | The local authority , the only one of England 's 366 councils still without a plan , says it can not afford the £10,000 cost and that the government 's recycling policy is " grandiose " but ineffective . |
| 26 | Langbaurgh Council says it can not afford to protest . |
| 27 | Darlington Council says it can not afford to celebrate the 150th anniversary of North Road station due to its ‘ extremely difficult ’ financial situation . |
| 28 | Oxfordshire 's Health Authority says it can not afford £200,000 each year to keep it going . |
| 29 | Oxford Health Authority says it can not afford the £200,000 each year to keep it going . |
| 30 | And of course if you are nursing you ca n't afford to make mistakes , it may cost somebody 's life if you do . |