Example sentences of "can afford [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The decision of whether to prescribe an antidepressant should be made on the basis of whether the patient shows ‘ biological ’ features of depression which predict a good response ( e.g. early morning wakening , diurnal mood variation , and weight loss due to impaired appetite ) ; whether , in the case of severe depression , one can afford to wait for the delayed response of an antidepressant ; and the extent to which environmental factors seem largely to explain the symptoms . |
| 2 | RODERICK Newall , the former army lieutenant accused of murdering his wealthy Scottish parents in Jersey five years ago , was yesterday faced with the problem of whether he can afford to appeal to the Privy Council in the fight against extradition to stand trial . |
| 3 | A new hairstyle is enough to give you a new lease of life but there are n't many of us who can afford to go to the hairdressers every week — let alone every day . |
| 4 | Suppose everyone buys meals , but only the rich can afford to go to the cinema . |
| 5 | Does my right hon. Friend accept that only the very wealthy or the very foolish can afford to go to the libel courts for justice ? |
| 6 | Few clients can afford to advertise throughout the year and media people have to judge whether a " drip " will work better than a " burst " . |
| 7 | We had to look at what we can afford to do in the future , and make sure that we had the right number of quality staff in the right places to carry out our programme . |
| 8 | When the situation is very favourable for the leader , he can afford to concentrate on the task , and be a task- orientated , psychologically distant manager . |
| 9 | ‘ The point is , in my job it 's not something you can afford to shout from the roof tops . |
| 10 | They have no choice at all , and we are in a most dreadful situation and government policy only has one choice and that 's you buy , and if you ca n't afford to buy , and at the moment only thirty five per cent of families in Oxford can afford to buy on the current wage levels and the current house prices , the other sixty five per cent have no choice whatsoever , so you know you 're talking nonsense to say we want consumer choice in housing . |
| 11 | Viktor Korovin , who was elected director of Uralmash by its workforce last summer , says that its ‘ financial situation is very complicated ’ , by which he means that few of the company 's heavy-industrial clients can afford to pay for the machinery that has been delivered to them . |
| 12 | Backed happily by Safeguard , Rabbit can afford to expand on the back of acquisitions , which the firm points to as being part of its growth policy , whether such acquisitions be based on product or on sales/marketing synergies , in the US and in Europe . |