In this case, the hospital could not afford the full cost of the equipment by itself.

A growing number of Americans were able to afford short vacations by 1915.

But the city cannot afford by itself to guarantee training or jobs for everyone on welfare.

However, in practice, these provisions do not afford significant protection against criminal prosecution by the state.

With the anticipated profits, the press will be able to afford a larger marketing campaign for four other books by black writers.

They couldn't afford an organized assault by soldiers possibly on their way to free those taken captive.

The various characteristics of this one small group afforded him a reliable key to their entire race, by inference.

More than he could afford by himself-that was all he knew.

Another reason was greater flexibility of planning afforded by the Dulles tract.

The protection afforded by the 1954 Act applies to the majority of business tenants, even where the tenant is a company rather than an individual.