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91. These people can scarcely afford to buy food, still less luxury goods like perfume.
92. They are stronger than us and can afford to bide their time.
93. I wish I could afford to dine off fresh meat every day.
94. We could not afford to overlook such a serious offence.
95. No country can afford to neglect the education of its young people.
96. Now you've been left some money you can afford to live it up a bit.
97. The high cost of housing means that many young people can't afford to buy a house.
98. Why does she steal things when she could easily afford to buy them?
99. The British could afford to reduce defence spending in peacetime without excessive risk.
100. This issue was of such importance that we could not afford to ignore it.
101. The ANC could not afford to lower its guard until everything had been carried out.
102. Things have come to a pretty pass when we can't afford to pay the heating bills!
103. Many families on low incomes will be unable to afford to buy their own home.
104. The television's buggered, but I can't afford to get it mended.
105. Soon the villagers couldn't afford to buy food for themselves.
106. Developing countries which are anxious for hard currency can rarely afford to protect the environment.
107. If he can afford a luxury yacht, then a fortiori he can afford to pay his debts.
108. Don't be so ridiculous! I can't possibly afford to go on holiday.
109. Only the extremely rich could afford to lunch at the Mirabelle.
110. She rationalized her decision to abandon her baby by saying she could not afford to keep it.
111. Only people who can afford to lose their money should make high-risk investments.
112. Only the privileged few could afford to send their children to private schools.
113. I really can't afford to see this company go belly up.
114. We can't afford to make any false moves once we're in enemy territory.
115. The library costs ￡5 million a year to run, and the council can't afford to keep it going.
116. It's possible he won't play but I can ill afford to lose him.
117. The government could not afford to pay for all the grain that it had requisitioned from farmers.
118. We cannot afford to lose any more senior members of staff.
119. I could only afford to chip in a few pounds.
120. To put it baldly, I can't afford to take the risk.
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