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Discover LudwigThe phrase "afford less" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the ability to provide or allow for a smaller amount of something, often in terms of resources or opportunities.
Example: "In this economic climate, many families can afford less than they could a few years ago."
Alternatives: "have less to spend" or "provide fewer resources".
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Step back and ask how it can be that a country still growing richer can afford less quality care than when it was poorer?
Although they say there is nothing they want more than to have American soldiers leave Iraq, they also say there is nothing they can afford less.
But before going to Bermuda last year, Accenture, the consulting firm, told its shareholders that Bermuda law "may afford less protection to shareholders".
The only thing Brazil can afford less than spending more money on Olympic security is NOT spending more money on Olympic security.
A recent report by credit agency Fitch Ratings concluded that homebuyers with education loans generally can afford less than those without such debt.
You should probably plan on studying about 4-5 hours for each of these courses per week, knowing that sometimes it will have to be more, and sometimes you can afford less.
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For example, setting strict standards for indoor air pollution when most people cannot afford less-polluting energy sources simply makes enforcement impossible.
As milk consumption has been shown to be positively associated with prostate cancer risk in previous case-control and cohort studies (Qin et al, 2004, 2007), it is reasonable that drinking coffee with added milk or cream would afford less-effective protection.
Moreover, temperate forests are afforded less conservation protection on average than are tropical forests.
Recruiting informants via immigration law also affords less protection than recruiting them by offering monetary rewards or reductions in sentencing.
The long-term operation demonstrated the high lipase stability affording less than 0.2% residual triglyceride in 22 batches.
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