Example sentences of "[vb mod] afford to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The former UK Prime Minister Edward Heath , conducting a humanitarian mission for which he was much criticized at home on the grounds of the possible propaganda opportunities which it might afford to the Iraqi leadership , secured the release of some 40 British nationals who arrived at Gatwick airport early on Oct. 24 ( two children , several women , and some of the men on the list of the elderly and sick which he had presented to Saddam Hussein at lengthy talks on Oct. 21 ) . |
| 2 | But with each loser taking home about £28,000 in prize money courtesy of Pilkington Glass , even the underdogs could afford to be a little more cheerful . |
| 3 | Working with an ensemble he had built in a hall whose construction he had supervised , he could afford to be as relaxed as he wished , and also as demanding . |
| 4 | The point of that story was that Scrooge could afford to be generous . |
| 5 | ‘ He could afford to be . |
| 6 | Bill 's loyalty to his apprentice had been ill rewarded this evening and no trainer could afford to be sentimental . |
| 7 | She could afford to , being twenty years younger and with her gynaecological problems , if any , taken care of by Dr Fletcher for free . |
| 8 | She was a smartly dressed woman , different from the other women in our district , but then she could afford to be because they were very comfortably off . |
| 9 | The doctor was paying her the ten shillings , she could afford to be friendly . |
| 10 | Some other early Macedonians , the sort who could afford to be buried in graves with inscriptions , were also plainly Greek . |
| 11 | Cos that 's when , when , when we get to that nearer the date , we could , we could just , you know , when you 're confirmed that you 've been booked and you 're definitely going , erm we could look at the finances and see how much we could afford to , to give , erm , something to each person to help with , eit either with the accommodation or , or the transport . |
| 12 | While Prince Charles could afford to be amused , Diana was quickly discovering the exacting price of royal romance . |
| 13 | And , when , finally , she did emerge from her curtain cubicle to face the other girls , they took it very well , for they could afford to be charitable , and they were secretly glad that Clara 's style was cramped , for without some handicap she would have been a more serious threat . |
| 14 | Brian could afford to be affectionate , from over a hundred miles away . |
| 15 | Corinth could afford to be indifferent to the vengeance Athens took against Samos ; Megara was what mattered to Corinth , and Megara was now back in the Peloponnesian camp . |
| 16 | He should n't bear to spend money on his own comfort , even when , in later years , he could afford to . |
| 17 | None of the charges quoted was outrageous , £5–6 per page is pretty much the norm but beware of minimum charges , and as the job we tested them on was non-urgent we could afford to be a little more flexible . |
| 18 | She showed no inclination to argue further , but lay back in her chair , smiling at Robert , and I saw that it was not , as I had believed , understanding and acceptance that her smile revealed , not that their marriage was so secure it could sustain itself in the face of any disagreement , but that Lili could afford to be pleasant because she had no scruples . |
| 19 | In 1895 , the Royal Free appointed an official ‘ almoner ’ to ensure that patients were genuinely poor and that they contributed what they could afford to their treatment . |
| 20 | People that could afford to but somebody in the family had a Co book . |
| 21 | This assumed that women could afford to be economically dependent , which was rarely the case , and offered an individualist solution to what were complex environmental , social and economic problems . |
| 22 | Dora , naturally , was in good spirits and with Fortune on her side she could afford to be magnanimous . |
| 23 | He could afford to be casual about the odd Force Nine . |
| 24 | When all the trees are the full height of the canopy , all are approximately equally exposed to the sun , and none could afford to be any shorter . |
| 25 | She 'd been planning to have it repaired as soon as she could afford to , for , although she knew she could have claimed the cost through her insurance , she could n't afford to lose her no-claims bonus . |
| 26 | He could afford to be crazy . |
| 27 | At this moment she is all mine and without Faustina , Mark thought , then added quickly , ‘ I wonder what Faustina is doing now , ’ for he could afford to be generous among the azaleas , with Sophia 's hand in his . |
| 28 | Of course , he could afford to be amused . |
| 29 | He could afford to . |
| 30 | In two hours or a little less , it would end , and Thorfinn would come in , a little drunk or more than a little drunk , as he could afford to be only in Caithness and Orkney , and so deliver himself , briefly , into her charge . |