Sentence examples for afford being from inspiring English sources
"afford being" is not grammatically correct
You would need to use a different verb to make it grammatically correct. For example, you could say, "He can't afford to be late."
But black people have never been able to afford being so naive.
After the 22nd rehab she takes up Web design and makes enough money to afford being an addict, and no one pesters her to clean up her act.
But at the same time, Dr. Earle said, he thinks some cancer doctors left private practice for positions in hospitals because of the lower reimbursement rates, which made them no longer able to afford being independent.
We have to remember that no ruler in Egypt since the mid-1970s has been able to afford being an enemy of the US or the west in general (and vice-versa).
France's UN ambassador, Alexis Lamek, also called for action, saying: "When it comes to proliferation, use of chemical weapons, such weapons of mass destruction, we cannot afford being weak and the council will have to act".
Vulnerability to shocks: Workers living in or near poverty may not be able to afford being unemployed for a period of time and thus forgo the risk of finding new jobs (Smith 1776).
What it can't afford is another massive spill.
The only places he could afford were studios.
"Paying what you can afford is the conservative approach".
All he could afford was a secondhand Morris Minor.
What they can't afford is to stop producing".
