Example sentences of "not afford [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Darlington Council says it can not afford to celebrate the 150th anniversary of North Road station due to its ‘ extremely difficult ’ financial situation . |
| 2 | We can not afford to let the Labour Party go on unopposed , cos I feel that the Conservatives are struggling for candidates , in fact I know they are . |
| 3 | Rationalization is the best way to ensure that nobody dies because they can not afford to use the basic services . |
| 4 | We can not afford to overlook the cruel irony enacted by the racist regime of freeing one generation of fighters from the sixties and seventies , while proceeding to serve long sentences on a new generation of fighters of the eighties . |
| 5 | Most Balkan states could not afford to disturb the general peace , but Bulgaria was a Russian satellite and might be tempted , therefore , to make trouble , under Russian protection . |
| 6 | We are not rich people , I can not afford to buy the costliest brands of this or that . |
| 7 | He will be aware that losses by ECGD of £3 billion , which have already been disclosed , with the possibility of a similar sum in the pipeline , suggest that we can not afford to underestimate the possible losses to the nation if we get the ECGD judgments wrong . |
| 8 | Germany , the Netherlands and Belgium are supporters of the British plan but other EC countries say that they can not afford to build the new plants required for waste disposal . |
| 9 | The Department of Industry ( DoI ) backs their call because it can not afford to subsidise the new cable network . |
| 10 | Of course , in Switzerland they can not do so because Switzerland is organised in cantons , and the canton of Ticino , where Lugano is , can not afford to indemnify the whole collection . |
| 11 | On closer inspection there was quite a muddle between ‘ Chinese imperialism ’ and ‘ Vietminh military operations ’ , but it seems to have been an elementary mistake to base the assessment entirely on capability rather than intention , which the paper admitted , and was an extraordinary foundation for Rusk 's conclusion which was that : ‘ Above all , we can not afford to jeopardise the considerable measure of success our policy has already had in Indo-China by neglecting to provide the proper maintenance for our investment . ’ |
| 12 | The community can not afford to pay the required tax in one year so the immediate finance is by borrowing . |
| 13 | In contrast , where the profit motive is absent , services are provided for reasons other than the pursuit of profit ; for example , they are provided for the welfare of individuals who can not afford to pay the economic cost . |
| 14 | Wherever you go nowadays , be it swimming , the pictures , fitness centres , or pop concerts they all appreciate that the unemployed can not afford to pay the full charge . |
| 15 | What are the prospects of disconnection for industrial customers in the coming year if they can not afford to pay the exorbitant increases that the electricity companies are seeking from them ? |