Example sentences of "[modal v] not afford [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could not afford to be seen as a drain on the taxpayer and it should be relevant to the times . |
| 2 | ‘ The national interest ’ was also a rebuff to congressmen , who could not afford to be critical of it , even when they already knew it as grounds to keep them in the dark . |
| 3 | Javier de la Puerta , chief spokesman for the World Fair , said the recent blows to ETA were ‘ very good news ’ but added that Expo organisers could not afford to be complacent . |
| 4 | With this end in view the United States could not afford to be seen by the USSR as firmly aligned with Great Britain . |
| 5 | Sara did not care to be beholden to Matthew Preston for even one pupil , but she knew at this moment she could not afford to be choosey . |
| 6 | Zambia was not a squeamish person — could n't afford to be — but there were limits . |
| 7 | He knew that , ultimately , he had to toe the official line because , like any other player , he could n't afford to be put on the dole . ’ |
| 8 | He could n't afford to be spending his time here . |
| 9 | But , as he drew the car up outside her hotel and turned to look at her , Fabia knew that she could n't afford to be infuriated . |
| 10 | But she could n't afford to be angry — or to offend him again , she realised , and took a deep and calming breath . |
| 11 | But no , but I ca n't could n't afford to be rude to him , I 've only just joined the choir . |
| 12 | A very young man has shot himself and ‘ we ’ ride off in an inquisitive Gadarene ‘ cavalcade ’ ( ‘ our ladies had never seen a suicide ’ ) to view the corpse ; ‘ everything 's so boring ’ — recall Marya Lebyadkin 's words — ‘ one ca n't afford to be squeamish about one 's amusements so long as they are fun ’ ; and Lyamshin , the man who gets himself asked to parties to mimic women in labour , new-born babies , and peasants in the confessional , steals a bunch of grapes from the room of death . |
| 13 | We ca n't afford to be annihilated . |
| 14 | We ca n't afford to be made fools of . ’ |
| 15 | Never mind the title , you ca n't afford to be reckless in this brain-bending game . |
| 16 | A favourite of many and an all-time classic you ca n't afford to be without . |
| 17 | We ca n't afford to be caught making what they would take as an act of aggression . ’ |
| 18 | After all , I am paying his salary , and we ca n't afford to be without him for six months . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've got to be patient with players in the side but I ca n't afford to be patient for too long . ’ |
| 20 | He said : ‘ I ca n't afford to be emotional about it all and stay on a high . |
| 21 | Serious chipmakers ca n't afford to be out of the market , and Hitachi Ltd has announced that it has developed a new type of AND gate for Flash memory , which achieves the world 's smallest cell surface memory of just 1.28 square microns . |
| 22 | Mrs. Channing will be in no frame of mind for chatter with any of the people she knows , and ca n't afford to be questioned about her state of mind . |
| 23 | There 's one young I work with who ca n't afford to be a member of Clydebank football , Ladies , Women 's Football Club , she 's seventeen , she 's on bridging allowance , she has n't got the money to pay the , the six pound a week it would cost her ! |
| 24 | ‘ A man in my position , he ca n't afford to be anything else , he 's got to consider his image . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I ca n't afford to be . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I ca n't afford to be off work for a couple of weeks ! |
| 27 | And you ca n't afford to be too closed to the outside world . |
| 28 | Erm , I would have to say that 's going to be in the range of five hundred to six hundred , and very much depends to some extent on what happens in the winter months , and I 'm sorry to keep stressing this point , but we have n't yet got twelve months ' experience of operating this particular change , and until we 've got at least a year 's experience , and I think one would have to say , that some of the figures need to be portioned , but equally , you ca n't afford to be too cavalier in terms of your assumptions about that demand might reduce to , and I 'll touch a little later on how you control expenditure in those terms . |
| 29 | They ca n't afford to be held up . |
| 30 | You ca n't afford to be cheap and cheerful when it comes to your handbag … |