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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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The number of parents who say they would send their children to private school if they could afford to has jumped to its highest ever.

EXAMPLE: The only car the fresh graduate could afford to buy was just an old rattle trap, but it got him to and from the office every day.

Over the next decade, Goucheng's parents sent him back to the hospital several times for short stays when they could afford to.

The boss, Jay Steinfeld, told us his business was profitable and had "plenty of cash, " so he could afford to take on new staff.

Because it wasn't portable, it was more effort than anyone could afford to move ITS to new hardware.

But who could afford to install enterprise software as it was envisioned in the vendors' R&D labs?

Those who could afford to trade up were more likely to graduate to a Buick, Oldsmobile, or Cadillac.

The only way we could afford to feed everyone was to hunt.

I shouldn't have thought a missionary was such a big bug that he could afford to put on frills.

Those who were in firm control could afford to be liberal or tolerant.

With a souped-up cooling system, our ancestors could afford to develop ever-bigger brains - leading to culture, tools, fire, and language.

In Victorian times the seriously rich could afford to relax provided they were conservative in how they invested their money.

Only man of means could afford to travel abroad.

I did not think I could afford to lose my post.

Only the richest people could afford to have libraries in their homes.

This time he could afford to make no mistake: his teacher was there at his elbow, watching every move.

I feel so blessed and lucky that I could afford to do it.

If I could afford to drink it regularly I would.

In fact, many Americans who could afford to hire a cook or driver do not employ them.

instead, he could afford to concentrate on communicating his genuine feelings to the readers.

I knew that neither parent could afford to support me through my studies, so the situation looked pretty bleak.

Until recently, the scientific community was so powerful that it could afford to ignore its critics - but no longer.

No schools could afford to do that properly, so it is a relief to realize this research tells us we don't have to.

Xia, a former vice governor of the central bank, also said that the country could afford to further raise required reserves.

Franz suddenly saw the answer plainly: Marie-Claude proclaimed Sabina's pendant ugly because she could afford to do so.

Amazon itself could afford to stock up on rare books as well as offer these via numerous online partners.

The result was a trade round that every negotiator could afford to walk away from.

Unlike the maths teacher, Gordon Brown could afford to get his teeth fixed and smiles all the time.

Even many families that could afford to pay an entire semester upfront find such plans appealing.

Lattice site, I could afford to pay this kind of ads are purely creative.

Previously, only the elite could afford to surround themselves with spells.

There, we reckon he could afford to have loosened more.

Thus, it could afford to use this benefit for an expansion in domestic demand.

Bringing anti-discrimination lawsuits is also costly, and few potential plaintiffs could afford to do so.

He remembered Gene's words and paid whatever he could afford to the hospital twice a month.

'I'm not saying everybody in China could afford to buy a PC . . . but if you can, you could afford the software, ' he said.

Only the privileged few could afford to send their children to private schools .

African health ministers were consulted about what they could afford to pay, and the price was fixed accordingly.

But he needed a customer who could afford to pay the high up-front costs of solar lights and testify to their merits.

We feel her pain, even though we suspect she could afford to hire a ghost writer to pen the pages.

I could afford to play golf for the rest of my life.

"I was still pretty young, and I could afford to figure out what road I was going down, " he says.

Critics have questioned who could afford to spend more than 160 yuan a day traveling to work.

She never took a taxi, even though she could afford to.

In the boom years, hedge-fund managers could afford to refuse such requests, which they tended to regard as too much hassle.

Western governments sounded sceptical as to whether he could afford to do so.

Robrish carried on working the night shift and spent his days scouting for a newspaper he could afford to buy with his savings.

And the government and the outside investors who took up those loans could afford to be far more patient than the banks that held them.

Families who could afford to do so educated their children abroad.

Only the extremely rich could afford to lunch at the Savoy.

They could afford to take the long view.

Children's medicine was 600 dollars, because nobody could afford to buy any of it.

He added: "People there were joking that no one in Denaya could afford to live there. "

Industrial nations, presumably, could afford to switch to low- or no-carbon fuels, but the world's poorest nations could not.

Second, taxpayers' money in social security number of points above, so that all people are seek care, could afford to eat rice.

For most of the past 1, 000 years, only the richest Chinese patients could afford to include seahorses in their love potions.

The days when Uncle Sam could afford to maintain a quasi-empire are over.

When the economy was strong we could afford to make mistakes or ignore bad sales habits.

Only a very rich man could afford to buy these priceless paintings.

Once we had whittled down the required reviewer list, we could afford to give each respondent one-on-one attention.

It was not until I got married that I could afford to buy a house of my own.

In the past, only the rich families of businessmen or officials could afford to live in these grand and magnificent places.

My family could afford to travel to Beijing.

By then both families could afford to come to America for their wedding.

because nobody could afford to use it.

I argued that we could afford to raise taxes.

In those days few ordinary folks could afford to buy the locally produced jeeps or Bluebird compacts .

China's leaders could afford to postpone dealing with their soes.

His family could afford to send him to college.

With something to look forward to she could afford to tolerate and respond.

From Ming to Qing, the price of novels declined gradually. Thus more and more people in various social strata could afford to read novels.

could afford to give her 18 carat diamond earrings.

the Chinese could afford to wait and watch them shrink in relative size.

By 1200 AD, people had more money available, and they could afford to spend more on building great churches.

Nobody is so rich that he could afford to lose a friend.

While in the past we could afford to live that way, today, we can no longer do that.

The average person could afford to play.

Nobody is so rich he could afford to lose a friend.

Few Chinese families could afford to buy car.

At this low price, millions of people could [afford] to go to the movies.

We didn't have a lot of money while growing up so there wasn't much I could afford to buy.

Only Mr. Smith could afford to buy the plane.

In 1914, Henry Ford introduced a daily wage of $5 so that his workers could afford to buy the cars they built.

We wish we could afford to buy a new car.

The rest, two boys and two girls, went away as soon as we could afford to buy jeans for them.

That is one reason why it could afford to spend less than 3% of GDP on education last year and only 0. 6% on health.

the poor could afford to see a doctor,