Example sentences of "[not/n't] afford [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sainsbury hope to build a store on United Bus company land at Grange Road , but owners Caldaire say they can not afford to sell the land because it has to give the Government a fixed percentage of the sale . |
| 2 | The Brazilian government , apparently unaware of the huge unrealised economic asset going up in flames across the Amazon , says it can not afford to preserve the rainforest because it needs economic development . |
| 3 | At the same time the regulators , too , need to know where things have gone wrong and they can not afford to wait the year or eighteen months necessary to conduct an investigation in depth before taking corrective action . |
| 4 | Other problems , such as academic ability or entry requirements , became secondary if the adult can not afford to do the course or find the time to study in the first place . |
| 5 | A spokesman for British Rail said it would cost millions to put a railway link back into Guisborough and BR could not afford to do the work . |
| 6 | Switzerland is famously ‘ a country whose only raw material is brains ’ , and it can not afford to upset the chemical and pharmaceutical industries . |
| 7 | ‘ We can not afford to ignore the exchange rate , ’ he cautioned . |
| 8 | A lecturer at the Architectural Exhibition of 1861 noted that ‘ we can not afford to ignore the element of association which now more than ever connects our idea of churches with good Gothic architecture . |
| 9 | We can not afford to ignore the fact that mental illness is culturally patterned , and even goes in fashions . |
| 10 | It is true that ethical values are to an extent also transmitted through markets , with the effect that a company committed to profit maximisation can not afford to ignore the impact of its activities on others . |
| 11 | If you can not afford to invest the maximum allowed each year or would rather make regular monthly savings than invest in lump sums , you can put by as little as £10 per month . |
| 12 | While the state could not develop without female labour ( at one time , as a result of Stalin 's purges and World War II , there were 40% more women than men in the working population ) , equally , it could not afford to replace the role of the wife and mother in the home . |
| 13 | The corruption went unchecked because the system could not afford to acknowledge the extent of its own inefficiencies and failures . |
| 14 | His difficulty is that , with his economic and diplomatic credit so low , he can not afford to antagonise the West on the Gulf . |
| 15 | Police say the dog could have been used in a fight or dumped by an uncaring owner who could not afford to have the animal registered under dangerous dog legislation . |
| 16 | We would regret having to choose complete independence , because it would mean that boys of ability from poorer homes could not afford to enter the School . |
| 17 | The escape came as no surprise to the Acre state authorities , who claim they can not afford to maintain the prison . |
| 18 | It 's because Middlesbrough Council can not afford to increase the subsidy for concessionary fares from £1.35m . |
| 19 | If we are to combat any attempt of the Right to exploit issues involving sexuality in order to hang onto power , we can not afford to neglect the virtue of solidarity — which involves a certain restraint concerning our feelings bout what other people do in bed . |
| 20 | Nowadays we literally can not afford to neglect the investment , the hard financial investment , stored in our built environment . |
| 21 | FK Austria , who played Arsenal in the European Cup two seasons ago , claim they can not afford to pay the insurance cover needed for their international release . |
| 22 | FK Austria , who played Arsenal in the European Cup two seasons ago , claim they can not afford to pay the insurance cover needed for their international release . |
| 23 | Will the Minister still tell people in Calderdale that no one who can not afford to pay the poll tax will go to prison for that inability ? |
| 24 | For those whose mains supply is disconnected , or who can not afford to pay the meter charges , stand-pipes should be provided as a public facility by local councils ( if they still exist ) . |
| 25 | However , at current high interest rates , many employees can not afford to pay the interest on expensive bridging loans . |
| 26 | Stella can not afford to believe the fact that Blanche could be right . |
| 27 | for the Water Board so he 's got quite a good job you know , but erm , I 'm , we could n't afford to put the other through the apprentice because I mean you had n't got the money had you then |
| 28 | We ca n't afford to miss the water ration . ’ |
| 29 | ACO says charities ca n't afford to fill the care gap when they have huge deficits . |
| 30 | We regularly go over the speed limit just to get to these places on time , and we ca n't afford to take the risk . |