Example sentences of "that we can not afford " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another thing we have to consider is that we can not afford to dispense with farm animals altogether . |
| 2 | The world market for tourism is now so competitive that we can not afford to let our efforts stall . |
| 3 | That we can not cope with another child , that we are not ready for parenthood , that we can not face raising a child without a partner , that we can not afford a child , that our method of birth control failed , that we are the victims of rape , that we can not bear the anguish of carrying a child to term and giving it up for adoption , that we can not accept the responsibility of caring for a handicapped child — these are the reasons why we seek abortion in the vast majority of cases . |
| 4 | He will be aware that losses by ECGD of £3 billion , which have already been disclosed , with the possibility of a similar sum in the pipeline , suggest that we can not afford to underestimate the possible losses to the nation if we get the ECGD judgments wrong . |
| 5 | They know perfectly well that we can not afford to be left out . |
| 6 | My reply is that we can not afford not to do so . |
| 7 | ‘ We maintain that we can not afford the rent being asked for by Mr Butters as it would amount to a 60 per cent increase on what we have been paying and we refuse to put the club in that sort of liability . |