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

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

I would be much grateful if you could help me seek out a girl who has just started schooling but whose family cannot afford her education.

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

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

We cannot afford the risk of losing a class of first-rate insecticides with no suitable replacements ready to step in and do the same job.

This relief operation was always going to be unusually slow and chaotic. But Haitians cannot afford for it to remain so.

It is now up to it to show that Canada cannot afford a part-time Parliament that sits only at the prime minister's pleasure.

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.

Mr. Obama raised the point at a rally in Colorado Monday, saying 'this country cannot afford four more years of this failed philosophy.

"I see, " I said, putting on a smile and trying to sound friendly. "Most Americans cannot afford the shoes you bought at the Gucci store. "

The two schools that the commission flunked did not provide those who cannot afford the fees "sufficient opportunity to benefit" .

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

It was a great strategy. But there was one big flaw in it. Europe cannot afford its comfortable retirement.

About 26 million Filipino people, almost one out of every three citizens, cannot afford the basic medicine they need.

Now, he said, they say they still cannot afford it because there is too much profit to be made from farming every bit of land.

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

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

Most of the children come from poor families who cannot afford surgery. The group provides treatment for free, changing their lives.

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

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.

Ascending initiates cannot afford such preoccupations , as they prevent the opening of the heart.

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

We cannot afford player contracts that do not make long-term sense. We have to be smart, bold, aggressive.

He still cannot afford the price of a computer or an Internet connection, but, he says, at least it is a start.

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.

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 .

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.

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.

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

However, its production procedure can be very complicated and thus it is priced so high that the common people usually cannot afford it.

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

Governments should offer a free university education to any student who has been admitted to a university but who cannot afford the tuition.

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

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

I cannot afford a week's vacation this summer.

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.

I cannot afford the time talking with him.

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

Thos urban planners who ar blind to this point will pay a have price, which thy cannot afford it.

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

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

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

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

I cannot afford two holidays a week.

Do any of you understand the severe pressure people have to actually join college even though they cannot afford it?

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

America cannot afford politics as usual at a moment of such vital import for now and for the longer term.

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

Landlocked Uganda cannot afford instability on the lake if it is to attract the foreign investment needed to extract and export oil.

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.

The findings appear to contradict assumptions that the poor cannot afford healthier foods or are too far away from shops that sell them.

The authorities cannot afford the political risk of any infection there, our correspondent says.

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

He would like to be a doctor, but he has a pragmatic attitude and realizes that he cannot afford medical school.

Those urban planners who are blind to this point will pay a heavy price , which they cannot afford it.

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

Those urban planners who are not blind to the point will pay a heavy price, which them cannot afford it.

I cannot afford two days off a week.

I tell the truth. To anybody who asks me, I will simply say that I cannot afford it.

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

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.

o are blind to this point will pay a heavy price, which they cannot afford it.

How can we buy such expensive jewelry and i Phones when many around the world cannot afford food or clothing?

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

"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.

From a marketing point of view, Yamaha is of course disappointed, but it cannot bank roll something it cannot afford.

A typical Congolese peasant cannot afford the boat fare to Kinshasa, let alone Belgium.

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.

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.

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

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

Asia cannot afford for that process to be reversed by the West.

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.

Prices have been driven so high at a time of economic malaise that many people simply cannot afford it.

So far as he is concerned, he cannot afford such an expensive car.

As such, the Journal or any other news organisation that covers it cannot afford a reputation for bias.

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.

Third, promote the availability of contraception and family planning, especially for the poor who cannot afford such services on their own.

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

And students who cannot afford the tuition are simply out of luck as financial aid is out of the question.

The price of the car is much too high, and I cannot afford.

I cannot afford to pay all the money.

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

Love is not a game, because we cannot afford playing such a game.

The tens of millions of men and women who cannot afford their health insurance cannot wait another generation for us to act.

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

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

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

Having reached this insight, I cannot afford not to address these issues.

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

I'm a university student without any income and I cannot afford all of them.

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.

We cannot afford depression, worry. . . The glamour of worry is no longer a privilege that you have. Worry is co-creating in darkness.

We cannot afford to fail as a defeat would leave us too far from the top to catch the leaders.

We cannot afford to let their votes and their voices sink and not be heard just because of a formal technicality in the electoral process.

The United States need not increase its naval power in the Western Pacific, but it cannot afford to substantially decrease it.

As for the West, it cannot afford to let the dramas in Libya, Syria and Yemen lead to the neglect of Egypt.

Putting public services online is no use to those who cannot afford a computeror will have nothing to do with technology.

Gary Neville has warned his Manchester United team-mates that they cannot afford to be cast adrift in the Premier League title race.

We cannot afford to let blind ideology and rabid partisanship threaten sensible economic policy.

Fortunately both China and Japan realise that they cannot afford to let these quarrels escalate.

If you are to grapple with the difficult process of thinking in writing, I cannot afford to spend time reminding you of formal rules.

Rhoda cannot afford the flight. So she enters an essay contest which offers her a chance to fulfill her dream.

With the current pace of change in the software industry, applications cannot afford to be static after they have shipped.

"Even if we are facing a very strong side and it will be a difficult game, we cannot afford any slip-ups, " said the defender.

But it does suggest that investors cannot afford to put all their eggs in the deflationary basket.

Universities give scholarships and financial aid to help many who cannot afford the high tuition costs .

As director of sport Gabriele Martino said, Lazio cannot afford to have two first choice 'keepers on its books.

Clearly, we cannot afford to keep squandering so much of our talent.

But, he added, 'we cannot afford to govern out of anger. ' The president said a U.

We cannot afford a future in which knowledge is at the mercy of popularity and money.

If she cannot afford a lamb, she is to bring two doves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering.

Alternative if you cannot afford to have the same amount of buffer pool allocated in test as in production.

This shirt is so expensive that I cannot afford it.

He cannot afford to buy such a fine house.

While many financial rules are still to be written, some firms have decided that they cannot afford to wait any longer.

London cannot afford to be complacent, but it will prove more resilient than any grumbling bankers may suggest.

Although Russia would benefit from the rule of law and fair elections, the West cannot afford to be seen cheering on the protesters.

I am tired of the noise of those youngsters. Besides, I cannot afford to lose too much money.

More importantly, from Cook's perspective, he cannot afford to be the acting chief executive if Jobs actually dies while he is acting chief.

A peddler: I cannot afford the property costs even though I could live here.

That's why we cannot afford to slow down or sit back. We cannot let up for one day or one minute or one second in this last week.

We cannot afford to sustain a productive economy with so much money going to health care.

People, funnily enough, like their neighbourhoods and either do not want, or cannot afford, to move.

For users who cannot afford the cost of enterprise XML tools, open source tools are of great help.

But we cannot afford to wait for so-called natural market forces, or for the "blind" law of supply and demand, to correct the situation.

Once in awhile you shall give free lessons to those who cannot afford them, and spend extra time with your clients who need extra work.

The fund cautions that countries cannot afford to let debt build up until it reaches those levels.

They also set up accommodation stations to have these stray animals in care, people who cannot afford animals can sent them to this place.

An affluent society cannot afford advocates of its own destruction.

Important reminders to help us keep out of credit card debts: 1. Don't buy what your budget cannot afford 2.

While President Obama readies for mid-term elections in November, the US is committed to a narrative it cannot afford to drop.

Though the markets had calmed down a little by August 22nd, central bankers cannot afford to be complacent.

those urban planners who are blind to this point will payaheavy price , which they cannot afford it.

The world cannot afford another such crisis for at least a generation.

The Democrats do now have 60 senators (see article), and they might pick up a Republican or two; but they cannot afford many defections.

Without the cushioning of modern shoes, our heels cannot afford to strike the ground thousands of times during a run.

Many women, however, cannot afford the up-front costs of these methods, which can be more than $500.

They must face the realities as they are and cannot afford to be judgemental in sexual matters.

What is the point? You look at a bunch of stuff you cannot afford to make you even more depressed.

His goal is to bring better vision to a billion people worldwide who cannot afford, or don't have access to, an optometrist.

We simply cannot afford to submit a second class proposal for this part of the project.

Dai cautioned that the new regulations cannot force Chinese pharmaceutical firms to develop original drugs, as many cannot afford to.

When couples find they cannot afford to care for a bedbound parent, let alone a young child, demography becomes a social disaster.

Countries guaranteeing the EFSF's funds do not want to increase their burden, not least because some cannot afford to do so.

The truth is that Europe's high command cannot afford to let Greece fail until they have re-capitalised the banking sector.

Given our current form, we cannot afford to lose a match like this.

he cannot afford to sustain the manliest relations to men; his labor would be depreciated in the market.

Social democrats cannot afford to wait so long for new thinking this time around.

and the team cannot afford to take back more salary than is dished out in any trade this year.

Bring along a qualified interpreter on your trip. If you cannot afford one, then make sure you have one waiting for you overseas.

Life will inevitably have dull, learn to protect themselves, and not to give others twice damage chance, you cannot afford also hurt.

But policymakers seeking to encourage sustainable innovation environments simply cannot afford to ignore users.

But independence may be a dream that the Greenlanders cannot afford.

He cannot afford the ordinary comforts of life, to say nothing of luxuries.

We cannot afford player contracts that do not make long-term sense.

As for America, its dependence on Turkey for its wars in Afghanistan and Iraq means that it cannot afford to alienate Mr Erdogan.

We cannot afford to go on giving excuses that we didn't get that because of that.

Though Western consumers might find big bottles better value, India's poor simply cannot afford anything more than small quantities.

In this paradigm, design cannot afford to be just aesthetically appealing.

The child has no incentive to study harder because his parents cannot afford to send him to college.

That means newcomers cannot afford to ignore the rural countryside where three-quarters of the population reside.

In a downturn, this may be a political luxury she cannot afford.

Up to 75% of China's population still resides in rural farming regions, and they simply cannot afford high or even mid-priced cigarettes.

Traders aren't afraid of mistakes as long as they use money management, but journalists cannot afford such risks.

Only a mature mind can delay gratification and admit they cannot afford something at the present.

I cannot afford to spend too much money travel abroad.

People who cannot afford such barriers have to put up with the government sneaking around at night.

I do not get sick. Ever. I cannot afford doctor bills.

Too imperfect I cannot afford you too perfect love. . .

Traditional and private equity investors believe that they cannot afford to ignore these markets.

When families cannot afford a ransom, they are often forced to surrender their cars, and occasionally even the titles to their homes.

But race is an issue that I believe this nation cannot afford to ignore right now.

If the scientists are right, then the international community cannot afford a decade of delay in concluding a deal on climate change.

But so serious is the threat that we cannot afford to ignore any of the levers that might help us to shift the world in the right direction.

You cannot afford to relax your concentration for a moment.

But most places, facing budget troubles of their own, cannot afford to be generous.

Most countries with huge deficits cannot afford to lose credibility and must avoid even the slightest whiff of second thoughts.

I meant that black people can afford incompetent basketball players, but they cannot afford incompetent physics teachers.

Conditions are very difficult, but we cannot afford to compromise on those principles which made AIMS work.

Because their parents cannot afford child care, children move among relatives and neighbors. They watch too much TV.

This car is so expensive tht I cannot afford it.

Philippe Agustus: We cannot afford to lose our entire rear guard here. We must turn around the entire army and prepare for the battle!

In other words , we cannot afford to lose sight of the trend that the kids' independence has become a social focus.

It's so large amounts of money that I cannot afford to buy this house.

After years of sectarian violence, Iraq cannot afford to play such dangerous games.

Due to the high tuition fees, most ordinary families cannot afford to send their children to boarding schools.

While governments are now withdrawing from direct ownership of banks, they cannot afford another financial crisis.

But a nation that runs on pork cannot afford to run short.

We cannot afford four more years of Barack Obama!

With the help of an auto loan calculator you will see what you can and cannot afford.

Al least they still try to build spacecraft s, we even cannot afford waging another war in Lybia cuz we have too many stupid wars. . .

"We cannot afford another catastrophe on this scale, " said Simon Johnson, a professor at MIT.

SMEs who cannot afford establishing overseas offices and strongholds can now increase their exposure to every corner of the world .

Where many businesses compete for the customers' dollar, they cannot afford to treat them like inferiors or slaves.

However, they argue that most patients cannot afford an increase of more than ten per cent in consultation fees, so they need a subsidy.

I cannot afford losing this competition.

He cannot afford the ordinary comforts of life, not to speak of luxuries.

After cutting shifts and slashing costs at home, automakers still cannot afford complacency.

Hence the central bankers must appear vigilant, which means they cannot afford to ignore the impact of the dollar.

Since your body cannot afford to oscillate between convulsions and coma, the range of serum calcium is tightly controlled.

But he also understand oneself cannot afford to love a girl, can let the girl left his tears.

America simply cannot afford more pump-priming, he argues, with a deficit of 9% of GDP and government debt approaching 100% of GDP.

Many families who cannot afford private colleges now have appealing alternatives at public universities.

He described the bill as a "trillion-dollar mistake" that the country cannot afford to take.

Republicans will insist that the nation cannot afford to do the things necessary to create jobs.

I cannot afford three weeks away from work.

Some of the debtors cannot afford to pay these high interest rates.

You cannot afford downtime in production environments, so Linux operating reliability plays a key role in the decision making.

The United States, Europe and Japan have all made promises they cannot afford.

The final exams are coming up. We cannot afford to waste even a minute.

Skilful leaders cannot afford such weaknesses: they are the ones who are meant to know the direction of travel, and who promote the cause.

We cannot afford to wait to battle the disease in pharmacies and hospitals, but need to get rid of the virus in affected farmers' backyards.

Yet as anti-AIDS drugs are distributed in large numbers in countries where taxpayers cannot afford them, that calculus changes.

But unlike Brazil, impoverished west African producers cannot afford to pursue the US through the WTO.

It is the Governments policy to provide public rental housing to families in genuine need who cannot afford private rental accommodation.

It has lowish public debt but some fear it cannot afford to bail out its crippled savings banks.

I cannot afford the time, let alone the expenses.

The stakes in Mexico were enormous, he concluded: "We cannot afford to have a narco state as a neighbor. "

If the defendant cannot afford legal counsel , the state must provide an attorney to defend him at public expense .

The policymakers regard cars as middle- and high-end consumer goods which families in need of affordable houses cannot afford.

For members of the working class, who often cannot afford housing, public sidewalks become living rooms.

I have lost everything, and I am so poor now that I really cannot afford to let anything worry me.

Due to high tuition fee , most of ordinary families cannot afford to send their children to boarding schools.

He cannot afford to invest in drip irrigation or sprinkler systems that would lose less water to evaporation.

You cannot afFORd to relax your vigilance FOR a moment.

So we simply cannot afford to ignore the price of these wars.

It also considered "digital inclusion" , where free or low-cost internet access is provided for those who cannot afford it.

When crop prices are low and farmers are scraping by, many say they cannot afford to take steps to protect their fields from erosion.

Since many volunteers cannot afford to attend community events, projects should provide travel funds.

However tedious their activities, member countries cannot afford to ignore their meetings or budgets.

What the city fathers don't admit, though, is a still-unresolved problem -- that many millions cannot afford a normal apartment in Beijing.

However, today's organizations cannot afford to employ workers who simply wait to be told what to do.

The bill will indeed be huge, but in truth western Europe cannot afford not to pay it.

They plead for the means to go deeper but they cannot afford the dynamite or machinery.

Manchester United cannot afford that kind of player and certainly after the Burnley game I examined our commitment.

We cannot afford to engineer or reengineer automation frameworks for each and every new application that comes along.

we are busy this year and cannot go for a long vacation , not to mention, we cannot afford it.

If you cannot afford a lawyer, one will be appointed for you at government expense.