So Saudis need to learn that their society, too, can afford the same kind of open debate and discussion allowed in other countries.

"Because society cannot afford to take care of them."

A. It's obvious that society can't afford everything and we're going to have to establish priorities.

The notion is put forward that perhaps society cannot afford to guarantee complete safety for everybody.

The questions are: What shall we do with children no one seems to want, and how much can our society afford to pay?

Our society can ill afford to lose the talents and skills of women.

However, the society could not afford the aircraft's operating costs and it was put up for auction in 1972.

Our society cannot afford to lose a single one of its young people.

In essence what I'm saying is that society cannot afford to lose me.

Only a wealthy society can afford to spend more on social programmes.