Example sentences of "afford to be [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | But Knox could always afford to be a great deal more cavalier about the dangers of rebellion against established authority than those who , being themselves great lords who ruled over men , knew very well the chaos which could result if the bonds of obedience and loyalty were violently broken . |
| 3 | You will not be driven like the commercial nursery into getting as many as you can per acre ( hectare ) , and can therefore afford to be a little more generous with spacing to give yourself room to move about more comfortably . |
| 4 | There 's one young I work with who ca n't afford to be a member of Clydebank football , Ladies , Women 's Football Club , she 's seventeen , she 's on bridging allowance , she has n't got the money to pay the , the six pound a week it would cost her ! |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | To adapt to the increasing complexities of modern business life , an organisation can not afford to be a sluggish bureaucracy . |
| 7 | It can afford to be a bit later but I do n't se , I do n't see that the |
| 8 | I ca n't see that they can afford to be a high profile company ? |
| 9 | It is on a much-reduced scale today , as the Church can no longer afford to be the foremost encourager of the arts . |