Example sentences of "[adv] afford not [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Giles recalls one remark when Montini was criticizing the De Gasperi Christian Democratic government for inaction while denying that he was doing anything of the kind ( a typical Montini ploy ) : ‘ In political questions the Church has to be general , just as in religious matters she can not afford not to be particular ’ ( ibid. , p. 109 ) . |
| 2 | But it 's something we can not afford not to be involved in . |
| 3 | He did n't want to answer it , thinking that it might be Vasco again , but he could n't afford not to . |
| 4 | Eventually , those waging their campaign against her found they were losing , and furthermore , they quickly realized they could n't afford not to be seen as a Katherine Lundy party . |
| 5 | With its industrial importance , it ca n't afford not to be . |
| 6 | Like going to a solicitor if we can afford it — or if we ca n't afford not to . |
| 7 | ‘ I ca n't afford not to . ’ |
| 8 | Restaurants local restaurants ca n't afford not to dear . |