(1) It was taking up more time than he could afford

(2) Only aristocrats could afford to stoop to such practices

(3) The best that I could afford was a first-floor room

(4) We had an agreement that if he thought the cloud cover was too low to afford a decent chance then he would not show up at my door.

(5) Kings could afford to be wrathful

(6) It would be troublesome to eat with the sash covering her mouth, but it was possible to do so, and she couldn't afford to risk any of the boys seeing her face.

(7) I have a job that affords me the luxury of bringing my children with me to work.

(8) Such an unhurried environment affords me the opportunity to reflect more.

(9) The online archive affords opportunity to research other characters from the play.

(10) We knew deep down that we were a good team and this game afforded us the opportunity to prove it.

(11) Given the size of the company, we cannot afford to make these services available internally.

(12) I need a new and positive mental outlook, and the new year affords an opportunity to put that into practice.

(13) Some of my friends have been giving money but I couldn't afford it because I've just bought my own place.

(14) I couldn't afford to pay u251cu00f6u251cu00aeu252cu255d45 a week out of the money I get.

(15) We have also worked very hard at keeping our staff by affording them opportunities to progress through the ranks.

(16) I didn't have any money and couldn't afford a computer, so I wrote it on index cards.

(17) All the houses have been snapping up as much of the available talent as they feel they can afford .

(18) The company couldn't afford to risk doing anything radical to a car responsible for 60% of its sales.

(19) I finally broke the silence with the sound of a shattered dream, saying that I couldn't afford to take a risk with my young family and all.

(20) No publishing house of our size had ever won the prize and we consequently couldn't afford to go in there with high expectations.