Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] not afford [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's a case at the moment that I can not go ahead with the case because I can not afford £700 , ’ said Barbara . |
| 2 | I can not afford weeks . ’ |
| 3 | Is it not time that those pensioners , including the one who told me that she was keeping warm during the day by clutching a hot-water bottle because she could not afford heating bills , were given a decent state pension as of right , without the humiliation of a contributory test , which involves means-testing for those who are in greatest need ? |
| 4 | When asked by a government committee what people were to do who could not afford 5s. a week rent for a room , her answer was , ‘ I should have thought that when the cost of living rose the wages must necessarily rise , or something more efficient be done . |
| 5 | People who could not afford litigation ( because they could not pay the difference between their costs and the taxed costs recoverable ) or who could not afford the risk of litigation ( because costs awarded might not be recoverable or because they might lose ) might be assisted by the scheme . |
| 6 | Sometimes this obstinacy was the refuge of the poor man who can not afford change and to whom stagnation has become a habit of mind necessary for survival ; at other times it represented a sound rejection of improper techniques culled by ‘ philosophical ’ amateurs from the journals of French and English agricultural societies . |
| 7 | Many of the owners had once been renters , thus , suggesting a pattern where young migrants , who can not afford land or property rent until they have sufficient savings to set up a home of their own . |
| 8 | Lack of travel concessions are another area involving burdens for many pensioners who can not afford cars and have to rely on public transport . |
| 9 | If you can not afford saffron , use turmeric , but you will miss the delicate fragrance of the Spanish spice . |
| 10 | My dad always used to say that we could not afford lunch , although , I have to say , this did not stop him eating it . |
| 11 | In those types of applications those types of systems , we can not afford inavailability of information we need to invest significant sums of money if fault tolerant hardware in mirrored disks in duplex networks . |
| 12 | We can not afford failure . |
| 13 | Craig Brewin , chairman of the Football Supporters Association , said fans who could not get tickets for big matches would face ‘ frustration ’ if they could not afford satellite dishes . |
| 14 | Many families do n't have a car and some say they can not afford taxi fares . |
| 15 | More than 60 per cent of households in Nigeria rely on firewood for cooking purposes , partly due to ignorance and partly due to the fact that they can not afford kerosene stoves or gas cookers . |
| 16 | The prison officers can not afford accommodation in both places — in fact , they can not afford accommodation in either — and they are contemplating leaving the prison service for what will probably be a life on the dole . |
| 17 | Many people now go without the necessary treatment because they can not afford prescriptions . |
| 18 | Structural adjustment programmes are conditional on countries cutting back on basics like food and education , they can not afford forest conservation officers . |
| 19 | The District 's Annual Report for 1959–60 said that , although the WEA 's national officers were still trying to achieve this increased grant , the Eastern had exceptionally-strong claims and accordingly ‘ we are now pressing for special consideration ’ : in other words , Jacques was arguing with the Ministry that , even if it could not afford 90% grant to the WEA as a whole , could this not be allowed to the Eastern District individually ? |
| 20 | Oxfordshire 's Health Authority says it can not afford £200,000 each year to keep it going . |
| 21 | Broome is put to the test again and he can not afford failure twice . |