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The phrase "afford to react with" is not correct in standard written English.
It is unclear and may not convey a clear meaning in context.
Example: "We cannot afford to react with anger in this situation."
Alternatives: "able to respond with" or "capable of reacting with".
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No doubt Mr Stoiber, at 55 as restlessly ambitious as ever, can think of someone.If Mr Kohl merely faced a provincial upstart bawling far from the main stage in Bonn, he could afford to react with typical, massive disdain.
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Allyl alcohol and allyl alcohol containing the polyoxyethylene unit were found to react with fluoroalkanoyl peroxides to afford the corresponding fluoroalkylated allyl alcohol oligomers via a radical process under very mild conditions.
Thus, when compound 14 was allowed to react with triethylorthoformate in refluxing acetic anhydride afforded 5-amino-1,3-diphenyl-1H-thieno[3,2-c]pyrazole-6- N-ethoxymethylene-carbohydrazide) 15-amino-1,3-diphenyl-1H-thieno[3,2-c]pyrazole-6- N-ethoxymethylene-carbohydrazide
Methyl p-acetaminosalicylate was used as the starting material to react with a variety of alkyl halide affording compounds 2a 8a.
Thus, acetonide 10 was allowed to react with Wittig salt 11 before periodate cleavage of the formed diol afforded unsaturated aldehyde 12 in excellent yield.
This species has been found to react with ammonia and water, activating the E H bonds in both substrates by formal oxidative addition to afford the corresponding phosphorus V) compounds.
38 Commercially available 4-cyanophenylhydrazine hydrochloride was allowed to react with 2-isothiocyanato-1,1-dimethoxyethane in acetic acid and water at 100 °C to give 23, which was then treated with hydrogen peroxide in acetic acid to afford 24.
However, the partnership cannot afford to only react to threats.
Regarding Douglas Bailey's "Do not comment on this article" (Views, July 25): The opportunities afforded to readers to react to articles with instantaneous feedback obviously creates a tough environment for journalists — apparently too tough for Mr. Bailey.
The last thing large and strong athletes can afford to do in the emotion of tense struggle is react with unfiltered ferocity.
He reacted so quickly because he knows that politicians can't afford to discount celebrity opinions.
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