Sentence examples for afford long from inspiring English sources

We poor countries cannot afford long wars.

People assume they can afford long retirements because economic growth will continue.

The Russians say their markets are so shaky that they face an emergency and cannot afford long negotiations.

So the FCC should adopt rules that can be enforced through simple, straightforward legal processes, not rules that tilt the playing field in favor of large, established companies that can pay armies of lawyers and expert witnesses and afford long, costly proceedings at the FCC.

Also known as resort, a term that might gain momentum following the deadly crash of the Costa Concordia, it's a small, lightweight collection of clothes marketed at people who can afford long jaunts to the tropics when the rest of us are trudging through sludge and applying extra lashings of bronzer to our ghastly January pallor.

We could not afford long distance phone calls back them.

When you have no money, you can't afford long-term solutions, only short-term ones.

About 20,000 people are seriously injured in road accidents each year in a country where many people simply can't afford long-term medical treatment.

There needs to be a 10,000-fold reduction in the cost of spaceflight, Musk said, in order for people to be able to afford long-range missions.

The problem of the north is the spread of low-wage employment, and that means increasing numbers who cannot afford long-distance commuting.

Ms. Katz sets $200,000 as the asset level, including equity in your home; below that, you probably can't afford long-term-care insurance.