Example sentences of "afford to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | A very young man has shot himself and ‘ we ’ ride off in an inquisitive Gadarene ‘ cavalcade ’ ( ‘ our ladies had never seen a suicide ’ ) to view the corpse ; ‘ everything 's so boring ’ — recall Marya Lebyadkin 's words — ‘ one ca n't afford to be squeamish about one 's amusements so long as they are fun ’ ; and Lyamshin , the man who gets himself asked to parties to mimic women in labour , new-born babies , and peasants in the confessional , steals a bunch of grapes from the room of death . |
| 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 | As one described it , neighbourhood policing requires constables who know that ‘ All you learn in the classroom is what your powers are ’ , and that ‘ You do n't learn about the real facts of police work until you 're out actually doing it ’ , and that you can not afford to be ‘ heavy-handed ’ . |
| 5 | It could not afford to be seen as a drain on the taxpayer and it should be relevant to the times . |
| 6 | Then , one week , the quietest woman in the group said : ‘ This is the only place where I can afford to be honest , ’ and somehow it seemed the healing process had begun . |
| 7 | Nobody here can afford to be standoffish . |
| 8 | Zambia was not a squeamish person — could n't afford to be — but there were limits . |
| 9 | ‘ The national interest ’ was also a rebuff to congressmen , who could not afford to be critical of it , even when they already knew it as grounds to keep them in the dark . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Javier de la Puerta , chief spokesman for the World Fair , said the recent blows to ETA were ‘ very good news ’ but added that Expo organisers could not afford to be complacent . |
| 12 | Dr Dan Tunstall-Pedoe , a cardiologist who directs the Marathon 's medical team , can not afford to be quite so sanguine . |
| 13 | But with the tax collectors anxious to get their hands on every ha'penny , the Chancellor can not afford to be generous . |
| 14 | Handy , looking from a slightly different perspective of the whole organisation , comes to essentially similar conclusions — everyone will have to be a manager but at the same time , no one can afford to be only a manager . |
| 15 | A more prosperous Britain can afford to be ambitious . |
| 16 | Northern Ireland companies have been successful in the area of export development but they can not afford to be complacent about what lies ahead . |
| 17 | ‘ They can afford to be reasonable . |
| 18 | We ca n't afford to be annihilated . |
| 19 | We ca n't afford to be made fools of . ’ |
| 20 | As a PLC we would have the greater freedom and flexibility vitally needed to match the increasing pace of change and to provide new or different services — and we can not afford to be too slow or too late . |
| 21 | He knew that , ultimately , he had to toe the official line because , like any other player , he could n't afford to be put on the dole . ’ |
| 22 | The point of that story was that Scrooge could afford to be generous . |
| 23 | That said , no scientist , politician , or policy maker who has any interest in the future of mankind can afford to be without this book . |
| 24 | ‘ He could afford to be . |
| 25 | Bill 's loyalty to his apprentice had been ill rewarded this evening and no trainer could afford to be sentimental . |
| 26 | Never mind the title , you ca n't afford to be reckless in this brain-bending game . |
| 27 | A favourite of many and an all-time classic you ca n't afford to be without . |
| 28 | It is one thing to realize that our faith will always be weaker than we would like it to be , but it is quite another to insist that our faith must be weaker than it can afford to be . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | As Cuba is painfully aware , the US is the only superpower left in the Caribbean basin , and no country can afford to be its enemy . |