Example sentences of "who could afford " in BNC.
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| 1 | When state-supported secondary education was introduced in 1878 , a denominational system was officially set up , though at this time the system was only availed of by the few families who could afford to lose the labour of young teenagers . |
| 2 | In the Revolution landowners had disposed of large quantities of farm equipment to those who could afford it . |
| 3 | Because of this , even those who could afford professional labour will often prefer to do it themselves . |
| 4 | ‘ Not only the members of the small governing class but every squire , tradesman and farmer who could afford to modernize or rebuild his house , even the parson , deputy of Christ , lived behind a façade which was conceived in the terms of a Classical Order , entered his home through a doorway deriving from the portico of a pagan shrine and sat at a hearth which resembled a miniature triumphal arch or an altar to the Lares . ’ |
| 5 | The assumption was that insurance would be paid only by those who could afford it while those who could not afford to pay would be exempt . |
| 6 | But these were not men who could afford such single-minded commitment . |
| 7 | Charles was described as temperate in his consumption of both food and drink ( in an age and culture where gluttony and heavy drinking were often regularly practised by those who could afford it ) , and particularly careful when it came to alcohol . |
| 8 | Therefore only those who could afford this , either on the basis of capital or loans and those who could master the changes and new technology were able to benefit . |
| 9 | At first this way to immortality was essentially a royal prerogative , but eventually similar rites were thought to confer immortality on anyone who could afford to imitate them . |
| 10 | That particular luxury did not appear until M. Georges Nagelmackers had copied Mr Pullman and introduced them in 1883 , and even then they were for the rich who could afford to travel on the ‘ Orient Express ’ . |
| 11 | The richer people , who could afford it , built large houses surrounded by gardens , mostly on the pleasanter side of the city ( K1 ) . |
| 12 | A ‘ penny wedding ’ was a marriage celebration , the equivalent of a modern wedding reception , at which the guests who could afford to do so gave a penny or other coin towards employing a fiddler to provide music for dancing . |
| 13 | The greatest unfairness , she thought , was that the women who could afford to buy the beautiful clothes simply did not do them justice , while she , who showed them off so well , had to save for weeks , even given her staff discount , for the most modestly priced item . |
| 14 | Some of the larger growers , however , who could afford the investment , began to make their own Champagne instead of relying purely on the sale of grapes . |
| 15 | On the one hand , as a good Irish Catholic girl married to a man she loved and who could afford to support her , she felt it her duty as well as her wish to have a child . |
| 16 | Milk was not greatly used by villagers , partially because of the poor condition of the animals , but buffalo curd was considered a treat by those who could afford it . |
| 17 | A MOTHER of four who could afford only one present for each of her children and nothing for herself has won £660,000 . |
| 18 | At the upper end of the scale came those shops which bewildered members of the public — those who could afford it all — with an astonishing range of merchandise : Dutch ratteens , duffles , frizes , beaver coatings , kerseymeres , forrest cloths , German serges , Wilton stuffs , sagathies , namkeens , Silasia cambricks , Manchester velvets , grograms , double allapeens , silk camblets , barragons , Brussels camblets , princes stuffs , worsted damasks , silk knitpieces , gattias , shagg velvets , serge desoys and shalloons . |
| 19 | One would n't normally suspect the credentials of anyone who could afford to stay at such a place . |
| 20 | Ultimately , it was all too easy for Sainz , who could afford to enjoy the scenery in yesterday 's Scottish forest stages after Kankkunnen , the only man who could have overhauled him in the world title race , lost crucial time when his Lancia hit a rock . |
| 21 | That could be cynically exploited by a side who could afford to concede at least two penalties in a game 's dying stages and still win . |
| 22 | ‘ You 're right , Cleg , ’ Hari sipped the hot weak tea , enjoying every mouthful , the Jones family were one of the few families in Greenhill who could afford tea at all . |
| 23 | Liberal education for those who could afford to pay for it was unlikely to be required by the son of a bootmaker in Northampton , or for his daughter who was destined to spend her days ‘ in service ’ . |
| 24 | None-the-less the battle ultimately favoured Grom who could afford to lose vast numbers of troops without affecting his horde 's strength . |
| 25 | Some other early Macedonians , the sort who could afford to be buried in graves with inscriptions , were also plainly Greek . |
| 26 | And there 's an advertisement here for Cyclax stocking cream for people who could afford it . |
| 27 | Their value in battle , as shields behind which the knights could shelter before they launched their charge , ensured their continued employment by those who could afford them — notably Henry II of England . |
| 28 | The basic problem in the layout is precisely that of Chedworth — finding the house where an owner who could afford such engineering could have lived in any style . |
| 29 | The feudal lords — who could afford real glass — usually had it set directly into stone or metal . |
| 30 | These were people of means who could afford to foot the bill : no appeal to the fear of physical pain was needed here . |