Example sentences of "and can afford " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those who do ‘ make it ’ and can afford the status symbols — the heavy gold chains , the Nike trainers — are drug dealers ; and , in Chicago , most drug traffic is controlled by gangs . |
| 2 | He knows he would probably lose now and can afford to bide his time . |
| 3 | Anyone who sees a wide-screen TV and can afford one ( initially around £3000 ) will not rest until they own one . |
| 4 | Some people who need extra care and can afford the cost actually choose it , perhaps because they understand the advantages of releasing a daughter and other family members from the 24-hour responsibility of caring . |
| 5 | If you are able to get organic foods , and can afford them , then try to use these as much as possible . |
| 6 | In general , therefore , it can be said that those who are not exempt are those who require casual medication and can afford to pay the cost . |
| 7 | If your elderly parent has a family solicitor who knows her and her circumstances well , he will be the best person to give expert advice on the investment of her capital , but if she prefers to rely solely upon your advice you should encourage her to put safety first in this matter , for unless someone is very wealthy , and can afford to lose money occasionally , playing the stock market is a foolish and risky game in later life . |
| 8 | As ‘ number-one woman ’ in your husband 's life you are in a strong position , and can afford to be very generous to her , especially in the all important matter of making sure that she is often able to spend time quite alone with her son . |
| 9 | Serious RP gamers tend to be the sort of nylon misfits who have no social life and can afford to spend the best part of a month mapping out Narnia-esque landscapes and jotting down all the facts and clues they can glean from meeting a variety of talking mushrooms and jovial trolls . |
| 10 | This is until you get going and can afford to have your own labels printed . |
| 11 | No other hypocrites in Shakespeare gain so much so quickly , so easily , and can afford to drop pretence so fast . |
| 12 | Well , for a start , most have other financial interests , and can afford to regard wine as an enjoyable hobby . |
| 13 | ‘ Your father is Jotan , ’ Alexei responded , ‘ and can afford them . ’ |
| 14 | My own feeling is that er er as against someone who is er reasonably determined and reasonably methodical there is very little privacy , there is more privacy if you are extremely rich and can afford to have bank accounts in Liechtenstein and can afford to hire lawyers to prevent stories about you appearing in the newspapers , but for th for the majority of us erm there is very little privacy . |
| 15 | My own feeling is that er er as against someone who is er reasonably determined and reasonably methodical there is very little privacy , there is more privacy if you are extremely rich and can afford to have bank accounts in Liechtenstein and can afford to hire lawyers to prevent stories about you appearing in the newspapers , but for th for the majority of us erm there is very little privacy . |
| 16 | Then cost it all out and work backwards from there seeing what you really can afford — and can afford to be without . |
| 17 | The use of new technology ( fertilisers , pesticides , machines and new seeds — the Green Revolution ) benefits those who already have money , land and political influence and can afford to buy them . |
| 18 | I mean think er , life assurance erm , obviously it 's the to have fails , but if somebody is eligible for , and can afford living assurance , it 's got to be a brilliant product . |
| 19 | We are very profitable and can afford that . ’ |
| 20 | We are pensioners with no help from Income Support so I want to know why we should pay for these people , a lot of them are much better off than we are and can afford to smoke and drink . |