Example sentences of "could [not/n't] afford [art] time " in BNC.

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1 Lord Sempill could not afford the time , and flew home , so Fred Crocombe decided to take his place for the rest of the flight , with Wood as the sole pilot .
2 The school could not afford the time or expense of putting bar-codes on all stock in both libraries .
3 I could n't afford the time .
4 ‘ I could n't afford the time , even if I had the money , ’ says Robyn .
5 And the revenue got mean and decided it could n't afford the time of serving officers and it left pre-retirement council and other bodies with a gap to fill er the only other people who are er professional if you like , who could fill it , would be accountants and they were n't available .
6 Staff said they could n't afford the time to supervise him constantly.But although it may have been convenient to social workers to restrain a stroke victim in a trolley , Peter Chandler has one word to describe the experience :
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