Example sentences of "[not/n't] afford [to-vb] 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 | There was not enough food being grown on the farms and the government could not afford to pay for all of the grain it had requisitioned from the farmers . |
| 3 | The Government have never accepted that there are some people who can not afford to pay for local government services . |
| 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 | English student , Nara Kronfli ca n't afford to pay for word-processiong lessons . |
| 6 | But when the money runs out and they ca n't afford to pay for any more care patients have to wait for the next financial year . |