Example sentences of "they [adv] can not afford " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mrs Banham and her husband Andy , a roof tiler , considered going private , but that would cost more than £1,250 , and since their other son , one-year-old Ross , needs the same operation they really can not afford it . |
| 2 | ‘ When money is tight they simply can not afford to take a gamble on making a mistake and getting the wrong product . |
| 3 | Meta says its problems have been compounded by the rise of IBM 's DRDA , which is seeing a tidy flow of SAG members defect to its ranks , including Oracle and Informix , who say they simply can not afford not to pick up DRDA because of IBM 's huge installation base . |
| 4 | They simply can not afford to sit back when , each year , some 300 youngsters are straining at the leash to get into their midst via the Qualifying Schools . |
| 5 | Members of Oxfordshire 's Health Authority say they simply can not afford to maintain the beds which are mainly for elderly patients . |
| 6 | They certainly can not afford many more marital failures . |