Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [not/n't] afford [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the state could not develop without female labour ( at one time , as a result of Stalin 's purges and World War II , there were 40% more women than men in the working population ) , equally , it could not afford to replace the role of the wife and mother in the home . |
| 2 | Darlington Council said it could not afford to finance the celebrations itself because of its financial situation . |
| 3 | However , the Czech government contended that it could not afford to stop selling arms until substitute industries were in place . |
| 4 | When it became known that the Government had said it could not afford to honour Nelson 's wishes and help her out , the tradesmen to whom she still owed money closed in . |
| 5 | The danger to an investor would be if the investment trust 's net asset value fell so much that it could not afford to meet its commitments to the zero dividend preference shareholders . |
| 6 | Previously the government had argued that the slave trade was so profitable that the traders could pay for their own forts , but by the mid-eighteenth century this attitude had changed to an acceptance of the fact that the trade was so necessary for the sugar islands ( and the sugar islands so necessary for the British economy ) that the trade would have to be supported if it could not afford to meet these overhead costs . |
| 7 | One , Federal Express just decided it would n't do it any more , and other other one Elan , a couple of weeks ago , or last week or whatever it was , decided it could n't afford to do it any more . |
| 8 | But the Trust claims it ca n't afford to carry out her wishes , and after an all-day meeting with proespective buyers at Townsends Solicitors in Swindon , it announced tonight that the manor has been sold . |
| 9 | The county council says it ca n't afford to upgrade them . |
| 10 | It 's all because they ca n't cross from one platform to another … and British Rail says it ca n't afford to help them . |
| 11 | While British Rail says it ca n't afford to help disabled travellers at Leominster , it has come up with the cash to improve a commuter line that 's been plagued with delays and breakdowns . |
| 12 | But the local council says it ca n't afford to help him . |
| 13 | But it ca n't afford to build a new footbridge with ramps at Leominster . |
| 14 | The local council says it ca n't afford to run them , but objectors say the libraries are an important part of their community . |
| 15 | But Thamesdown Council say it 'll cost too much to put up gates and fences to keep the dogs out and it ca n't afford to pay the legal cost of bringing in a by law . |
| 16 | It ca n't afford to expend too much energy on a prey it 's not certain of catching . |
| 17 | When an international gardening show like ‘ Floriade 1992 ’ sets out to draw 3.5 million visitors in 182 days ( until 11 October ) , it can not afford to give much leeway to the free play of nature . |
| 18 | The Brazilian government , apparently unaware of the huge unrealised economic asset going up in flames across the Amazon , says it can not afford to preserve the rainforest because it needs economic development . |
| 19 | ( b ) The Government may be able to ignore the opposition but it can not afford to ignore its own supporters . |
| 20 | Switzerland is famously ‘ a country whose only raw material is brains ’ , and it can not afford to upset the chemical and pharmaceutical industries . |
| 21 | In such a case the firm may have to distribute through a middleman because it can not afford to employ a field sales force . |
| 22 | Darlington Council says it can not afford to celebrate the 150th anniversary of North Road station due to its ‘ extremely difficult ’ financial situation . |
| 23 | The Department of Industry ( DoI ) backs their call because it can not afford to subsidise the new cable network . |
| 24 | Langbaurgh Council says it can not afford to protest . |
| 25 | And , although BR has not closed a railway line since 1976 , it can not afford to repair a major structure . |
| 26 | If the Government is serious about their Green Paper target of reducing smoking prevalence by one-third by the year 2000 , it can not afford to reject this proposal . |