"afford" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The Dutch, with only small amount of soldiers, could not afford a land offensive against their well-entrenched opponent.
- Then, as now, contingency fees were often the only way the poor could afford effective representation against big business.
- It was not intended to be a weapon, but would afford protection against anything that might exhibit too much interest in her.
- What protection would that afford against bonewater, she wondered, which poisoned the very earth they stood upon?
- In the past we couldn't afford vengeance against such persons.
- Many more were shifting their shapes to afford protection against the torturous light.
- We cannot afford against a good team like Indianapolis to be giving any games away.
- This time, however, the bank could only afford 55% cover against its loans while the other banks were setting aside 70% or even 80%.
- Only a properly functioning internal market can afford protection against certain developments in international markets.
- These were at first intended only to afford cover against enemy observation and shell fire.
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