Sentence examples for afford belts from inspiring English sources

"Belt tightening" for people who cannot afford belts became the order of the day.

"They couldn't afford belts.

"Most workers came from the village," says Chan. "They couldn't afford belts.

"It's not that he can't afford a belt".

The 19-year-old college student said he was detained because police officers didn't think he could afford the belt and must have been buying it fraudulently.

The farm cannot afford new conveyor belts to dispense the cheap feed or remove the pungent manure.

In his suit against Barneys and the N.Y.P.D., he said the officers who questioned him after he left the store asked how he could afford a Ferragamo belt.

Can't the guy afford a dance belt?) Surrounded by a chorus of beautiful women, he jackhammered his way about the stage, rocking his pelvis and occasionally flourishing his hands in a vaguely flamencolike manner.

SUNY officials say their problems stem from the state's requirement that SUNY's medical centers in Stony Brook, Brooklyn and Syracuse pay $116 million a year to cover fringe benefits for their employees, a sum they were once able to pay but can no longer afford because of belt-tightening brought about by the growth of managed care.

"Our kids can't afford to have the belt tightened any more than it already is," he added.

They believed he could not afford the $350 Barney's belt he had purchased with a debit card.