afford to

He had a cellphone, but he couldn't afford to top it up, so he took only incoming calls.

Some seem to believe that our politics can afford to be petty because, in a time of peace, the stakes of our debates appear small.

I don't think you can afford to say it's all sequential, build out a store network and then do the internet, " he said. "

The ability to concentrate on those issues at the heart of the negotiation is an asset the CN cannot afford to be without.

He said he could not afford to pay all his workers because of declining orders.

Almost all the affected countries should be able to afford to do this, at least on the IMF's numbers.

But I also know that in a time of crisis, we cannot afford to govern out of anger, or yield to the politics of the moment.

Do you know how much I love you. I really really can not afford to lose you!

"The world can't afford to have either of these countries stand on the sidelines, " says Kapp. It's up to the U.

The true measure of your style is not how much you can afford to throw away, but how well you look after what you have.

Afford to leave the back looking at you, I will not remain silent, but cried aloud. Dear, back to less than the former, but will not stop.

So Rubens can maybe afford to be a bit more aggressive, and Jenson is going to be thinking more about scoring points.

To meet this challenge, the U. S. , or any other country that wants to remain in the game, can't afford to repeat past mistakes.

But, when you're younger, you can afford to take a little more risk in terms of what you're investing in.

She was, she says, lucky to be able to afford to leave.

You are going to have to be more tight with your money. You can't afford to keep spending like this.

How much can I afford to lose on this trade?

I'd expect to see a strong team sent out against Unirea. We can't afford to be complacent and field all the fringe players and kids.

He said the nation cannot afford to let the $858 billion measure fall victim to delay or defeat.

It was not so much a victory for multilateralism as a recognition that no nation could afford to go it alone in this global crisis.

How much more greenhouse gas emissions can the world afford to bear, then, if developing countries keep consuming as much energy.

Much as Washington might not like the AU, it cannot ignore the AU, nor afford to turn the AU into a diplomatic adversary.

He felt content, as if his daughter were already off living somewhere on her own, in comfort and joy, and he could afford to take a break.

An adult thinks "I can't afford to pay cash for it, but I am managing my finances in such a way that I will one day be able to. "

As with most health benefits, it comes down to lifestyle, rather than how much you can afford to spend on products.

America, with a younger population, can afford to keep it a smidgen lower.

Anything such a man asks shall be granted, his kind is so rare that no employer can afford to let him go.

Just as the car industry can't afford to lag too far behind the consumer, it also can't afford to be too far ahead of him.

We simply cannot afford to be distracted from our central purpose. We cannot let the momentum, the drive, stumble for a moment.

Is there such a thing as a non-regulated part of the financial sector that you can afford to ignore?

I'm relieved to hear that. I can't afford to be late to work on my first day. Will I need to show this ticket to get on the train?

We can't afford to talk past one another and focus only on our differences or to let walls of mistrust go up around us.

His mother couldn't afford to pay for her child's education.

With far more money than any other party, the NCP can afford to do this sort of thing.

It's all in the plan: You can't afford to be number two , or to have a "good enough" product.

Consider carefully how much time and data you can afford to lose versus how much you pay to make sure nothing is lost.

Though I had not started with a strong preference, I did not think Nixon could afford to retreat on the issue.

Few organisations could afford to put all of their veteran managers through the sort of prestigious programmes that IMD offers.

In a global market that will keep growing in the coming years, America simply cannot afford to miss out on this opportunity.

'When you're making below $30, 000 or $40, 000 a year, how much money can you afford to spend on a second home at a base?

And by the time I was an intern house officer, I could barely afford to maintain my mother's 13-year-old car, and I was a paid doctor.

Even though the old woman pleaded with him, he said he had no bracelet that she could afford to buy.

How much money can you afford to devote to repaying debt?

Companies can no longer afford to have executives out on trips for weeks at a time.

And the cost of the drug nagged at him. If it worked, how long could he afford to keep taking it?

This sampling was all that was left him from the time when he could afford to come and select his favorite pudding.

A screen full of colors, toolbars, and windows is the sort of visual noise you can't afford to have around when writing.

eg. Consider how much you can afford to pay for a course, and what is your upper limit.

Before the baby was born, you could afford to ignore night-time shrieks from the toddler, or unceremoniously bundle her back to bed.

It was no longer a matter of living cheaply; it was simply that they could not afford to live at all.

for I knew all the while that it would yield the most abundant crop of the kind I wanted, if I could only afford to let it alone.

But I think it's safe to say, we can afford to think about it a little longer, Amigos.

House churches, he said, cannot afford to stay silent - one of the reasons he granted CNN rare access to film in his banned church.

There was a period when it almost looked as if the Tories could no longer afford to.

He was living in a small village out in the country but would come to visit her in the city when he could afford to.

The only way for a women to provide for herself decently is for her to be good to some man that can afford to be good to her .

In Europe the retirement age should be raised to 70 by 2040; America, with a younger population, can afford to keep it a smidgen lower.

He told me how much he loved going to the Palo Alto bike store and gleefully realizing he could afford to buy the best bike there.

Since the better-off can afford to keep their children in higher education and the poor cannot, breaking out of the cycle is hard.

And with your own money, with how much can you afford to lose, how much can you afford to risk?

He plans to sell most of his collection over the next five years so he can afford to retire in Thailand with his wife.

Anything will do for the summer -- a mere figure -- anything that you think you could afford to pay.

lifestyle, rather than how much you can afford to spend on products.

In the race she was so far ahead that she could afford to let up a bit.

How much money can you afford to devote to learning English.

in the U. S. , I do not think I can afford to live, but here, the Government will always take care of me to die.

The little boy knew there was no way his parents could afford to buy him such a boat.

I'll be able to afford to take a week's vacation this summer.

Because he cannot afford to pay his electricity bills, there was no light to illuminate his storefront display of jewels.

Will any country ever be able to afford to put on such a spectacle?

One of the two partners may be a small business that cannot afford to run complex XML software.

My advance is likely to be small, but if I got a really big advance, maybe I could afford to buy one outright.

"Let's do it right this time, " I said. "Let's fly to Nice and stay where we couldn't afford to before. Let's ramble down Memory Lane. "

Once upon a time there was a poor man who could no longer afford to keep his only son.

The day is past when the United States can afford to give high school diplomas to all who sit through four years of instruction.

can not afford to be his desire to make it easy to betray the master.

Most independent brokers (in Belgium, at least) are small businesses that cannot afford to run complex software.

But as Yang and I talked it became apparent that he could afford to live somewhere much more salubrious if he chose to.

But I cannot afford to think of that when I play. I play every game for the moment and I don't look too far forward.

Enterprises should be able to afford to choose the best within the framework of the program.

Increasing poverty has led to a situation where the poorest openly admit that they cannot afford to have children.

Decide what you can afford to pay out of pocket, spend a few minutes on the phone and see what you can save.

If you think someone judging you will work hard to judge you correctly, you can afford to be passive.

In other words, with the status quo, NASA simply cannot afford to stay on track - something's got to give.

So much of your energy is used in the physical productions that you cannot afford to perceive any reality but your own.

Now that all the bills are in, we've come to the moment of truth--can we afford to live here or not?

In her room, crying her eyes out. I've just told her we can't afford to let her go abroad.

We could afford to take a decade to think carefully about what the right mental well-being targets are for the next century.

He told me that the firm could not afford to pay such large salaries. Twenty people had already left.

Some major events have taken place in recent months. None of us, from politicians to people in the street, can afford to overlook.

Grown-up offspring who cannot afford to leave home are also adding to the problem facing families in Britain's "big squeeze" .

Do not pack anything that you cannot afford to lose . Travellers cheques are a safer alternative than cash .

But let's be honest: Unless you're Bill Gates, there's no way you can afford to keep on top of every hardware and software upgrade.

As long as you aren't retiring in the next few years, you can probably afford to ride this economic down turn out.

Whatever the truth of that in the past, the industry cannot afford to be stand-offish now.

It was a lost opportunity against Arsenal, even though we were playing against a good side, and we cannot afford to lose the next game.

Roeding said the app taps into the passionate mindset of those who want to do good but can't always afford to make donations.

It would be sheer folly to buy such a large car - we wouldn't be able to afford to run it.

Special attention must be given to the Millennium Development Goals We simply cannot afford to stumble, or slow down for a moment.

"We cannot afford to let the gains we have sacrificed so much for slip away before they are cemented, " they said.

Still , it would take a half hour to get downtown to station, and she couldn't afford to be late on this day of the day .

These interests could just as well afford to assure that fifty-one senators block reform as forty.

The apparent paradox was that only as America became more American could it afford to be more European.

This is always good for a laugh and a little spat about who can afford to gain the added weight.

Of these pillars, the magical world can currently afford to feel complacent about only one -- social and economic needs.

I can't afford to open rural polling places when only two or three people will vote.

chip in: I'm very sorry that I can only afford to chip in a few dollars this time.

The banks can no longer afford to fund budget deficits, yet they cannot afford to see governments default.

Sorry I can't afford to sit here and chat with you all day . I have bigger fish to fry .

We can no longer afford to leave the hard choices for the next budget, the next administration, or the next generation.

"Not everyone can afford to send their children overseas or to international school, " Ms. Yau added.

But, the point is clear, we cannot afford to face escalating disasters of that kind.

But for now, as he approaches retirement age, Jarrett faces a common ranching predicament: His children can't afford to keep the land.

The U. S. can ill afford to see its red-hot corporate sector start to cool its heels now.

We can't afford to waste tears on "might-have-been. " We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after "what-can-be. "

However, it cannot afford to see much further weakness if our positive outlook into early June is to prove correct.

the best policy is to only invest money that you can afford to be patient with if the market stalls or backtracks .

With investors so skittish during the crisis, Italy could ill afford to add much to its huge public debt.

Jack: Of course. I have no money but I can afford to see hot and pretty car models.

I have got ten pounds more than I expected to have, and consequently I Can afford to spend it without being particular.

I can't even afford to buy an apartment or to get married, " say Shan Guang Dian. " How can anyone expect me to care about the environment?

Race is an issue that "this nation cannot afford to ignore right now, " Obama said.

Put another way: humanity can only afford to burn and vent less than one quarter of known oil, natural gas and coal reserves.

But if you're tapping into an abundant resource, you can afford to take chances, since the cost of failure is so low.

He could afford to smile now at his past discomfort, having no longer the sense of duty unfulfilled.

Women are one half of the population and no country can afford to leave them behind.

It's as well a disadvantage if Chelsea win their game. United will then be in a situation where they cannot afford to drop points.

Meanwhile, I cannot afford to be absent from family gathering during many Chinese festivals.

Similarly, Nokia, which has already lost ground to Apple, cannot afford to see its intellectual property devalued.

Don't persist in the matter , you can't afford to offend him .

I really need to call home but I can't afford to pay for the roaming charges.

Even so, politicians have consistently failed to explain to the citizens why the country cannot afford to go on as before.

In business, whether you're setting up a bank or anything else, you must be realistic. You can't afford to run a business as a sweepstake.

Since all states are guaranteed at least three electoral votes, candidates cannot afford to neglect even these places.

Before Kino found the pearl, the only doctor available had refused to treat the baby because Kino could not afford to pay for the treatment.

The Redmond, Wash. , giant can ill afford to let Office sales slip as it seeks to recover from a tech-spending slowdown.

we cannot afford to put all of the above mentioned properties are set to one of the products.

Once the cost of putting something into space goes down, the number of things you can afford to do goes up greatly.

Let's be blunt: she can't afford this holiday, you can afford to subsidize her, but she doesn't seem to want to incur too large a debt.

The only way we could afford to produce this car at a terrific price was to sell a ton of them.

Because Italy is surrounded by the Mediterranean, it could not afford to fall out with Britain.

The odd shilling he kept for himself, protesting he could ill afford to have so great a sum of money lying "locked up" .

The factory cannot afford to employ any more workers, so it will have to cut down on production.

"China is already the largest automobile market in the world. No car company can afford to overlook its Chinese brand, " he said.

However, neither nation can afford to proceed as wastefully as the industrial countries have, to their detriment, done for so long.

No company can afford to be associated with anything the public finds disagreeable, whether it is legal or not.

was that only as America became more American could it afford to be more European.

You earn your keep , you will be able to do many things that your parents cannot afford to let you do now .

We stepped off the pace and let them back in it, you can't afford to do that against teams.

Because of my relationship to you trouble, try to leave. But I'm still happy when you do not, because I can not afford to abandon you.

If you can afford to stay overnight, all the better, for you can both then split that special bottle of champagne.

Countries that had built up massive currency reserves, such as China, could afford to put them to better use, he said.

Those with more years until retirement can afford to put a greater percentage of their assets in the stock market.

Unfortunately, most organizations cannot afford to tie up people for that long, and most programmers despise the tedious process required.

Moreover, the senators say, with the huge costs of the March earthquake and tsunami, Japan can hardly afford to add to its fiscal burden.

Exxon may be gambling that Iraq's government cannot afford to kick around a firm so crucial to its long-term plans to expand oil production.

Tom, what if we got a place together? That way, I could afford to have fun, and you could afford to have freedom.

From time to time, I will stand next to it, afford to watch a while, memories of its past glory when you shine.

Twenty years ago, my parents could barely afford to buy me a $1 toy horse for my first Christmas present in London.

Those urprohilittle bisexualtplanners who are oblivious to this point will pay gre to price. . . which they cannot afford to pay for it.

Organizations can't afford to leave all of that potential energy dormant if they want to succeed in the future.

Unfortunately many quakes happen in parts of the world where people can't afford to spend lots of money on safety measures.

I don't know much about wine, and I cannot afford to satisfy his taste for fancy vintages.

The Gulf's rulers can perhaps afford to be complacent, for a time.

Behind the move was a growing belief in Berlin that euro-zone nations could no longer afford to live however they pleased.

Everyone should contribute what he or she can afford to help the poor.

LMB researchers can afford to ask big questions: They don't have to teach, and they are free to do whatever research interests them.

Only wealthy people could afford to be treated with it in the old society.

If China wants it, this is the sort of thing America can afford to let go.

I will appreciate whatever you can afford to help me with, i'll pay you back as soon as i return.

Neither his mother nor father could afford to take time off work to do that.

I can't even afford to go there for a week.

But companies are reaching the point where they can no longer afford to keep workers on, subsidies or not.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.

As a nation we may take pride in the fact that we are soft-hearted; but we cannot afford to be soft-headed.

If you can afford to pay a little more up front, it can add up to big savings in the long run.

Patients who cannot afford to treat serious illness are an all too common feature of any developing country.

China has its own problems keeping runaway grain prices under control, which means it cannot afford to be as generous this year.

Frankly I cannot imagine how any manager can afford to get rid of it.

If you quit, could you afford to live without a salary for a while?

Design is a full-time activity and nobody can afford to be distracted by other activities if you expect to finish in a timely fashion.

Surely things are so bad that banks could still afford to disappoint even their better employees by screwing down on their pay?

How much can we afford to spend on a house?

You can no longer afford to carry shirkers of any kind.

We all want every project to be a home run, but we also can't afford to watch every pitch go by waiting for the right opportunity.

Now you've been left some money you can afford to live it up a bit.

That in turn implies that those who can afford to wait a number of years for a pay- off should start to feed money into the stock market .

The IMF cannot afford to be seen as a European monetary fund guaranteed by the treasuries of non-European nations.

However, he said "neither Goldman nor the SEC can afford to take this case to trial. "

If something were to happen to you or your spouse could you still afford to pay your mortgage?

It's pretty safe to say that, back then, if you could afford to shop elsewhere, you would.

"People doing ordinary jobs, like firefighters, cannot afford to live in London, " says Chris Hamnett, a sociologist.

The SFC, regulating by a nudge and a wink, is hoping that arbitrary filters dissuade investors who cannot afford to lose a bundle.

Nokia cannot afford to appoint another hidebound insider. But trying to find a saviour from far away is perhaps even riskier.

But the two countries normalised relations in 1991, as Hanoi realised it could not afford to have tensions with its powerful neighbour.

For those who cannot afford to move unless they unload real estate in an area they know will prove to be unsafe, this is an ethical dilemma.

"I can't afford to have anything cut, " she said.

"I - I can't afford to pay more than six per cent, " he said huskily .

Japanese firms can afford to be so acquisitive because, unlike companies elsewhere, they are flush with cash.

There has to be a resolution for the free versus pay debate otherwise we cannot afford to pay for things like news bureaus in Kabul.

If your office had cutbacks in the past, now you will see that business has picked up and that management can afford to hire more workers.

Like many small states, Singapore simply cannot afford to fail due to its tiny territory and rough neighborhood.

Wealthy couples do not need two incomes and can afford to remove their children from the increasing stress of national testing.

But even more important for me, it was less expensive than other colleges. My Dad couldn't afford to send me to an expensive college.

I do not want to go through these anymore, and I cannot afford to do that.

Today, my dad confessed that the only reason I'm alive today is because he couldn't afford to pay for an abortion.

And with the economy buoyant, debtors could afford to meet their interest payments without defaulting.

One couldn't afford to be choosy at such a time.

B: Not now. My salary isn't large at the moment and we can't afford to get a loan from the bank.

You're still able to pay your bills and can afford to bankroll your new business because you've got money coming in.

When a woman who has just given birth cannot afford to pay medical fees, there is a risk in Indonesia that her baby will be taken hostage.

Rather than offering a path to a better future, their plan is an echo of a disastrous decade the country cannot afford to relive.

Hope that was an empty bottle George! You can't afford to waste good liquor, not on your salary!

It was an acknowledgement that while both want to retain the capacity for project force, they could not afford to go it alone.

This means that the general public can now afford to generate renewable energy themselves.

She just wanted to impress her friends, to show them that she has so much money she can afford to give 20 to a total stranger.

With economic models straining in every corner of the world, none of us can afford to perpetuate the barriers facing women in the workforce.

Candidates with the prominence and fund-raising prowess of Mr Romney and Mr Perry can afford to shrug off the results of the straw poll.

The reset peak will likely add to political pressure to help borrowers who can't afford to pay the higher interest rates.

Leverage - An old investment maxim is not to invest more than you can afford to lose.

Assuming that apartment prices drop in September to October, the ministry could also afford to loosen its housing measures a bit.

We can no longer afford to spend as if deficits don't matter and waste is not our problem.

Nearly a third of parents say they feel squeezed into their homes but cannot afford to move to a bigger property, a report reveals today.

At the risk of repeating this too often, let me say again: We can no longer afford to be passive consumers.

China is still faced with such problems as unemployment, poverty and uneven development, which we cannot afford to ignore.

Or, if you prefer, you can "afford" to drive a more expensive car when you lease, since the monthly payments will be comparatively lower.

If you wait until you can afford to enjoy life, you might miss out on all the fun.

I cannot afford to pay all the money.

Is it right to call on your closest circle for assistance if you can afford to employ professionals?

"It has become a tough war that we cannot afford to lose as the Beijing Olympics gets close, " a county government website said.

As one western banker in China says: "You have to be in this market. You can't afford to stay out of it. "

This was the realisation that many children here can't afford to go school.

So I feel very sad, I feel I let down the expectations of one of my dad, but also realized that I could not afford to waste time.

I could take her by hand nearly several time, but I always half afford to joke meticulously , she went ahead with smiling.

So your parents can' t afford to buy you something of famous brands, which makes you unhappy.

It also said it would provide 15, 000 public rental housing units a year to help those who cannot afford to buy a home.

In order to be able to afford to offer mortgages, most small banks package their mortgages and sell them through Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.

The question is whether the unpopular president can afford to let her go.

In today's world, nobody can afford to be less than integral, because theguaranteed costs are otherwise much too high.

'Companies [say] that they need to continue to develop their people but simply cannot afford to fly people around the world, ' says Mr.

With prices this low, any blog can afford to have their content deliver by hundreds of servers around the world instead of just one.

I can only afford to chip in a few dollars this time.

There are parents who can afford to send their children to Europe or Disneyland, and the children turn out rotten.

It gives inventors the right to control access to their results, immediately excluding those who cannot afford to pay their charges.

Therefore, translators and interpreters cannot afford to be lazy. They must make an effort to acquire these new branches of knowledge.

With checks and credit cards, Americans can be cashless , but they still can't afford to be careless.

Also, as he is fond of saying, "I cannot afford to die. It will ruin my image. "

Other participants at the ADB forum on climate change at its headquarters think nations cannot afford to set aside climate concerns.

What's more, it will probably be only the rich who will be able to afford to clone themselves at the start.

With what I had in my pocket I could afford to have two taxis waiting for me.