Example sentences of "afford [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The truth , more probably , is that he laid them aside to take on commissions for which he would be paid : at this stage in his life he could not afford to compose for sheer pleasure . ) |
| 2 | Why does the Lord Chancellor think people who need housing benefit and family credit to meet their basic living expenses can afford to pay for legal advice ? |
| 3 | STATE schools are being forced to turn away children whose parents can no longer afford to pay for private education . |
| 4 | The clinic has taken the unusual step of hiring a dentist to look after those patients who simply ca n't afford to pay for private treatment . |
| 5 | The Government have never accepted that there are some people who can not afford to pay for local government services . |
| 6 | English student , Nara Kronfli ca n't afford to pay for word-processiong lessons . |
| 7 | This would build up a fund from which they could afford to bid for new discoveries at fair market prices . |