Example sentences of "able to afford the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some others were fitted a few months ago but they have n't been wired up to the Economy meter and we dare n't use them because we would n't be able to afford the bills . ’ |
| 2 | The couple had encouraged and followed their son 's sporting progress right across South Africa , but they were n't able to afford the trip to Australia to see the World Cup challenge . |
| 3 | Nevertheless , many a London manufacturer had profited by it and was easily able to afford the type of little memento shown in 57 . |
| 4 | But that is n't always the incentive that drives the do-it-yourself home builder : it can also mean being able to afford the things you really want . |
| 5 | If you are poor of course , even in Britain , you may care passionately about organic farming , but you probably wo n't be able to afford the vegetables . |
| 6 | To promote OTC products successfully through the high street chains nowadays , you have to have a substantial turnover ( £10–15m or so ) to be able to afford the TV advertising . |
| 7 | Joey Bonanza paid his men pretty well , but not well enough for Jack Mahoney to be able to afford the address he 'd been living at . |
| 8 | I had not intended to intrude on my hon. Friend 's speech , but does he consider that a schoolteacher , whose salary is fixed through national wage agreements by the independent pay review body for teachers and who lives in my hon. Friend 's or my constituency in the south-east , is better able to afford the council tax on a higher band than a teacher who lives in Darlington or elsewhere in the north ? |
| 9 | But the main intended beneficiaries of the new law are unlikely to be able to afford the rents at places they now have legal access to . |
| 10 | With the cost to the student of a higher education tending to rise sharply , fewer in future may be able to afford the luxury of studying across the water . |
| 11 | The voluntary organisations fear the groups least able to afford the rises of 8.5pc next year , doubling to 17pc in 1995 , will be hit hardest . |
| 12 | because he wo n't be able to afford the access so the Child Support Officer said see them less . |
| 13 | She 's never been able to afford the upkeep of it . |
| 14 | If this was a practice inherited from his predecessor , it may be that those of Æthelred 's followers well able to afford the levies could also acquire fairly cheaply the estates of those who were not . |
| 15 | Morgan must have done quite well out of his business , being able to afford the rent on the entire house . |
| 16 | The few jobs that are available are so poorly paid that the few who are offered such employment can not afford to take it as they would n't be able to afford the rent on their new homes . |
| 17 | ‘ — We 'll never be able to afford the rent . ’ |
| 18 | I declined an invitation to have him fill a tooth , because I felt that I should never be able to afford the fee ; but I did accept an offer to be shown by Vivien round Oxford ( or ‘ Hoxford ’ as Mrs Webster called it , with that superfluous Beds. and Bucks . |
| 19 | I read recently that the German Defence Minister , Volker Ruehe , claimed that Britain was ill able to afford the EFA in its proposed form . |
| 20 | Perhaps because they were the only people able to afford the fees . |
| 21 | Presumably this eases the pain of not being able to afford the fags they would light . |