Example sentences of "[noun pl] [modal v] [not/n't] afford [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( For example , the young critics suggested the cartoon kids should be barefoot since street kids ca n't afford shoes . ) |
| 2 | ( For example , the young critics suggested the cartoon kids should be barefoot since street kids ca n't afford shoes . ) |
| 3 | ( b ) Economic and social pressures impeded the efficient working of the system-part-time workers , poorer rural areas could not afford educ. , illness of public health , cost of full provision . |
| 4 | Hard-up parents ca n't afford food , says report |
| 5 | In rural areas , irrigation pumps and tractors stop because farmers can not afford fuel . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | In fact , there is no reason why ( e.g. ) homosexuals should not afford accountability and care to their partners , in the course of either a long relationship or a very short one . |
| 8 | Women do not all have equal control over their image : poor , working-class women can not afford designer jeans , leather jackets and other symbols of urban lesbian chic . |
| 9 | ‘ Russian policemen ca n't afford gold watches , ’ Myeloski replied ruefully . |