Sentence examples for cannot afford to stand from inspiring English sources

"We absolutely cannot afford to stand still".

We simply cannot afford to stand still; stasis is death.

The Fed cannot afford to stand on principle.

BA cannot afford to stand still or it will wither.

He said the UK "cannot afford" to stand aside and "subtract" its national security to allies.

It is not only because of international competition that we cannot afford to stand still.

"We can't afford to stand still.

Herzik can't afford to stand down.

The Bush administration cannot afford to simply stand aside and see these problems compounded.

While directed primarily at Bahraini citizens, this crackdown threatens the environment for the Fifth Fleet and other U.S. too -- Washington cannot afford to watch, witness, and stand silent".

As it stands, Kenya cannot afford to go to war right now.