Example sentences of "can afford [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thank goodness for my spare tyre , I can afford to lose a bit of that . |
| 2 | We now stock upwards of 300 titles , admittedly mostly between September and December , but they can generate very significant sales at a crucial time of year — and none of us can afford to ignore a product range that has increased in sales by some 300% in the last three years . |
| 3 | Even if all rural houses are not prohibitively priced , they can be expensive relative to the income levels of local inhabitants , and this can be the key factor that determines whether an individual family can afford to purchase a home . |
| 4 | We can afford to take a pay cut . ’ |
| 5 | Warm Hearted Weekends offer something for everyone , and at our prices everyone can afford to take a break in the Big Heart of England . |
| 6 | Though big firms can afford to take a risk , private investors should think twice before buying in the east . |
| 7 | Only the largest banks in the world can afford to employ a team of specialists — lending officers , economists , accountants , engineers , etc. — to assess economic and financial risks associated with projects in LDCs . |
| 8 | ‘ OK , you can afford to hire a nanny and you may have contacts with the legal profession here , be on good terms with judges and such . |
| 9 | You will wear them more frequently than any single outfit of clothes and it is worth paying as much as you can afford to get a pair that make you feel and look good . |
| 10 | In Africa the press , like television , tends to serve the political , social and economic élite : these are the people who can read , can afford to buy a newspaper and are likely to be living where newspapers can be bought . |
| 11 | Her salary has been growing to the point where she feels she can afford to buy a home and it promises to climb much further over the next few years . |
| 12 | With all the technological genius that can be raised in the USA to produce a B-1 supersonic bomber , they had to settle for a cruising speed of 1.25 times the speed of sound while the routine Concorde bus service across the Atlantic ticks over steadily at fully twice the speed of sound — and anyone who can afford to buy a ticket can experience it . |
| 13 | Let's face it , Miranda , not many people of your age can afford to buy a house like this . |
| 14 | Radicals fully recognize the point of the common phrase , ‘ can afford to have a wife and children at home ’ . |
| 15 | He can afford to pay a tutor to visit him , so why not ? ’ |
| 16 | Which of us can afford to forgo a chance like that in these troubled times ? ’ |