Example sentences of "not be [adj] to afford " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If we abandon nuclear power , we abandon them to competing for declining energy sources at a price they will clearly not be able to afford . ’ |
| 2 | I asked the Czech manager if they would be at Rutland Water in June and he said they would not be able to afford it . |
| 3 | You may not be able to afford that trip to a South Sea Island with its blue skies , its sandy beaches and its glorious sunshine . |
| 4 | You simply may not be able to afford to retire , however much you may want to . |
| 5 | You see , even the most sympathetic of employers may not be able to afford to carry on paying you . |
| 6 | You see , even the most sympathetic of employers may not be able to afford to carry on paying you . |
| 7 | Another thing is that he himself might not be able to afford to send her the money , especially as he has a young family . ’ |
| 8 | Jessy and her husband feel it is a priority that their children go through school , but are already worried that they will not be able to afford to send the eldest to secondary school . |
| 9 | Financial constraints may limit maintenance of safety in the home : for example , an old person may not be able to afford to replace worn carpets or an ageing electricity system and both are potential causes of accident . |
| 10 | Another problem is that when the expatriates return to Britain , the payment of school fees by the employer generally ends and the couple may not be able to afford to keep their children in private education . |
| 11 | There is also the problem of repairs and maintenance of the property , which a woman may well not be able to afford , or be able to do herself through lack of experience or time . |
| 12 | During the preparations for the wedding there was consternation that Prince Charles would not be able to afford his portion of the expense . |
| 13 | In this context , the material before the board indicated — ( 1 ) that investors were persuaded by company representatives employed by the Winchester Group to cancel their existing policies and to ‘ switch ’ to Norwich Union without their best interests and any disadvantages attendant upon so doing necessarily being considered ; ( 2 ) that other undesirable selling practices — for instance ‘ overselling ’ whereby investors are persuaded to take out a range of policies which they may not be able to afford in the long term — have been employed by company representatives selling on behalf of the Winchester Group ; ( 3 ) that the fact find forms completed by the Winchester Group for forwarding to Norwich Union were inadequate for the purposes of ensuring that products were only sold to investors on a ‘ best advice ’ basis ; ( 4 ) that the connections between Mr. Tee and Mr. Kissane ( a former director of the Winchester Group now awaiting trial on charges of theft of client moneys ) and also between the Winchester Group and Mr. Randhir Singh were such as to call into question the extent to which the controllers , directors and senior managers of the Winchester Group could be regarded as being of good character and competent or otherwise suitable to manage the marketing of investment contracts on behalf of Norwich Union and also whether the Winchester Group could be safely regarded as a fit and proper person for the purposes of enjoying appointed representative status ; ( 5 ) that policies had been sold by eight persons engaged by the Winchester Group who had not been appointed as company representatives of Norwich Union or in any other way authorised to sell investment contracts on behalf of Norwich Union and that other individuals who had been appointed as company representatives had not been registered as such with Lautro ; ( 6 ) that certain company representatives engaged by the Winchester Group appeared to be channelling client moneys through their own personal bank accounts . |
| 14 | It crossed Harry 's mind that on the kind of salary he received — even if he was lucky enough to be paid as well by an English employer as he was by Wendell Harvey — Madeleine would not be able to afford designer dresses , or any other of those expensive luxuries she took for granted . |
| 15 | And when she starts seeing things she wants , that her mates have got , we might not be able to afford things , because we 've sort of been dumped in this situation . |
| 16 | Nor will he necessarily be able to prevent his share of the equity from being diluted even if he is offered pre-emptive rights ; he may not be able to afford to buy more shares but can not prevent the new issue being made unless he has voting control . |
| 17 | The vast majority , including many who live there now , will simply not be able to afford their share . |
| 18 | Private individuals might not be able to afford to sue , and society might not wish to devote a large quantity of resources to court cases . |
| 19 | You might not be able to afford all the appliances you would like from the start , but if you think you will need them and will be able to afford them later you must leave the space and supply utilities for them . |
| 20 | As earn outs are based on future performance and are only payable in the future , they enable the purchaser to agree to a price it may not be able to afford at completion and which it will not be obliged to pay unless profits are generated . |
| 21 | Keeping the youth in a special secure unit is stretching the council 's social services budget to the limit , and it may not be able to afford to replace some staff when they leave . |
| 22 | Martin Dyer may soon have a lot more time to play with his daughter … he says following a maintenance order from the Child Support Agency he may not be able to afford to work . |
| 23 | Graduate recruitment in many businesses and industries now tends to be evenly split , and companies will not be able to afford to lose a large chunk of talent in which so much money has been invested , especially as women in any case tend to be less tempted by the ‘ grass is greener ’ syndrome . |
| 24 | Hilary Patrick , the association 's legal adviser , is particularly concerned that if an application is made to section someone with mental health problems they may not be able to afford representation . |
| 25 | Cos we may not be able to afford those upper you know they are very expensive . |
| 26 | If he is n't you may run the risk of not being able to afford anyone ! |
| 27 | Essex spokesman Dr John Cormack said there was a definite danger of a ‘ poverty trap ’ with the present charge system , with some patients not being able to afford their drugs . |
| 28 | The vulnerable middle class — worried about losing jobs and health insurance and not being able to afford health care — was the force behind the Clintons ' election . |
| 29 | But he would never recover from not being able to afford her — or his apartment . |
| 30 | Er my final point sir is concern with perhaps a few emotional points being made to my right about the old and the infirm and the young not being able to afford houses . |