Example sentences of "[adj] [Wh pn] can afford it " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a rule , those who can afford it seem increasingly to temper the urban living of the weekday with a touch of rural life at the weekend . |
| 2 | For those who can afford it , a course of treatment with a professional psychotherapist may be the best answer , although it is important to select the person and the approach carefully . |
| 3 | TOP CLASS : Eton offers a good education — for those who can afford it |
| 4 | The only choice is between a brutal — and extremely dangerous — village castration , or , for those who can afford it , a course in hormone pills followed by an anaesthetized operation . |
| 5 | Besides the ordinary shops accessible to anyone — selling subsidized goods but often with bare shelves — are the ‘ commercial ’ shops only for those who can afford it . |
| 6 | I have no objection to private residential care for those who can afford it , but the Minister must admit that local authorities do an excellent job in terms of residential care and that there should be more local authority residential care places . |
| 7 | I think erm I think is quite fair maybe if concessions could be raised to one fifty or two pounds but overall I think that people who can afford it spend such a lot of money on the raffle and we therefore give raffle tickets to those who can afford it could jealousy and on the raffle generally about a hundred pounds is made and if there , if there was more charge for tickets , people might not give so much for the raffles and also if you give but if you charge them a nominal sum and then shove other things at them on their options they might be more willing to give to optional choices like a raffle . |
| 8 | Be bec , the appalling thing is that they 're quite , they 're quite happy to spread this pain on those who are in the least position to burden it and they believe quite rightly and this , this is the I think , that exists between socialism and and and the Conservatism in that sense that whereas erm , you know opinion surveys bear out the fact that people are quite happy , those who can afford it to pay a little bit extra in terms of direct taxation for those service provisions , which are absolutely vital and these surveys have been conducted in public and they have been made quite er er open to the press , er , just before the last election particularly for the health authority and so forth . |
| 9 | For those who can afford it … the top holiday destinations this Easter are … just about anywhere in the sun … |
| 10 | Why then do they think it is so bad for parents and only those who can afford it paying a little extra to ensure their children get a well-funded education ? |