How To Use Afford In A Sentence
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Their dried dung is found everywhere, and is in many places the only fuel afforded by the plains; their skulls, which last longer than any other part of the animal, are among the most familiar of objects to the plainsman; their bones are in many districts so plentiful that it has become a regular industry, followed by hundreds of men (christened "bone hunters" by the frontiersmen), to go out with wagons and collect them in great numbers for the sake of the phosphates they yield; and Bad Lands, plateaus, and prairies alike, are cut up in all directions by the deep ruts which were formerly buffalo trails.
VIII. The Lordly Buffalo
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Most choose to buy in more affordable villages a little way away.
Times, Sunday Times
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Civilian life affords us the luxury of a good deal of deontology — better to let ten guilty men go free, and so on.
One Waterboarding Is a Tragedy; A Million Is a Statistic
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After a quarter of an hour, hot buttered toast on a covered hot water plate, with the Staffordshire cottage tea pot in its floral cosy, arrived.
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But either way, placater or elitist, he has headed us down an evil road by deepening a war we couldn ` t afford eight years ago when it started and certainly can ` t afford after the Bush-Cheney fiasco in Iraq.
The Student Operated Press
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I can't afford to have bands who won't pull the crowds.
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Therefore, if the vaccine afforded protection for life, there would be a very strong argument in favor of universal vaccination - no chicken pox and no shingles.
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Well, having the largest economy confers an advantages in affording a very large military, and having a very large military was useful in the era of great power military conflicts.
Matthew Yglesias » Will China Ever Dominate?
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Books in digital format, also known as e-books, can be read on devices lacking the power and screen space to afford a regular Web browser.
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Lily : A famous land agent said that the young people shouldn't afford an apartment.
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We can well afford to let them stare and smile, well knowing that if a similar amount of prosperity permitted the people of other countries to travel for their pleasure in similar numbers, the result would be at the very least an equally -- shall I say undrawing-room-like contribution to cosmopolitan society?
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 87, March, 1875
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By 1939, it had 30 British bakeries and introduced low-price tea biscuits, previously a luxury only afforded by the middle classes.
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Even men who marry commoners are struggling to afford lobola, which has increased with the expectations of parents whose daughters are marrying into the mushrooming black middle class.
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With rising medical costs growing by leaps and bounds, only the exclusive with mounds of $$$ will beable to afford it.
Obama says health care delay is OK 'to get it right'
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It turned out I was pretty good in science. But again, because of the small budget, in science class we couldn't afford to do experiments in order to prove theories. We just believed everything. Actually, I think that class was called Religion. Religion class was always an easy class. All you had to do was suspend the logic and reasoning you were being taught in all the other classes. George Carlin
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As you can see, biotechnology is a growth industry no student can afford to ignore.
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We can afford decent housing, education and health-care for everyone.
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So my advice is, settle on a style that works for you doing online research at Zappos, 6pm, and shoes.com might help, then look for the best quality you can afford; don't be too proud to look in the "markdown" stores.
A Word on Shopping
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The airy Atrium café is an ingenious use of ‘yard space’ and has become a fulcrum around which the centre rotates, serving affordable gourmet food cooked on the premises, prepared by top chefs.
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Quite different from its crisp Scottish cousin, the Staffordshire oatcake is more like a dense pancake made from batter containing three types of flour and, of course, oats.
Insider's guide to the best British food, and where to find it
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Liverpool can not afford to concede a goal tonight-and James has yet to keep a clean sheet.
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Can't we all afford to buy more things?
Times, Sunday Times
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What comfort could cold water afford so repleted a stomach?
Tropic Days
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He cannot afford to draw the unwanted attention of gossip columnists unless he has some ulterior motive for doing so.
Behind Closed Doors - advice for families with violence in the home
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Many of the events are informal and unscripted, and can afford glimpses of public figures talking unguardedly about their ideas, their life, and their convictions.
The Story Behind the Story
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Copies of this schedule should be constructed in such a fashion that easy access be afforded the data collection process.
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There are many craft items on offer that are affordable, and all are hand-crafted with the attention to detail that is the hallmark of fine Chinese artisanship.
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The state of the health services and the plight of many of our old people are just two reasons why we cannot afford to squander money on another stadium.
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A week earlier they were about to be held to a 1-1 draw at Old Trafford by the struggling Wolves when Park Ji-sung won the game in Fergie flexitime.
Sir Alex Ferguson thrilled by comeback but knows he has problems
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He said the idea would let mom-and-pop stores buy their licenses "on a payment plan," allaying fears that the only big businesses would be able to afford to get into the market under his proposal.
McDonnell will count votes before calling special session
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In winter it's a wildlife haven; even in the harshest weather it affords a rarely failing food source.
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Fascinating and enhanced with a great soundtrack, this DVD is affordably priced and suited to many viewings.
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Although fruits added to jellies in the way just described are chiefly for decorative effect, they do add very greatly to the pleasure of eating them; but jellied fruits, as distinguished from _fruits in jelly_, are a delicious mode of eating fruit, and where it is in abundance afford a pleasant variety.
Choice Cookery
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Most people couldn't afford, or felt too socially inept, to go and watch plays.
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My heart sank when I realized we couldn't afford the new house.
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If anyone can afford a piece of cuendillar that big.
Knife of Dreams
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By comparison, last year 30,000 new affordable homes, categorised as more expensive than council properties but priced at below market rates, were built in London and the south-east.
Homes cuts: south-east 'faces disaster' over affordable housing
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It was so upmarket that we could only afford a room between us, with one double bed.
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They are highly speculative and you should only invest what you can afford to lose.
Times, Sunday Times
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The agreements governments have with their citizens about which services are to be provided will be simply unaffordable.
Times, Sunday Times
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But these pleasures are subsidiary to those afforded by James's sensibility, which transforms the squalor and pettiness of crime into the grandeur of desolation.
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There is a shortage of Olympic-size pools and most of these are run on commercial lines, so British swimming cannot afford priority access.
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Syr. omits this word, and the fenfe being equally good without it, "Thou openeft thy hand, they are filed," the text affords a moft Yemarkable Homoioteluton, no lefs thanyZv lines ending with the plur. verb, and the Nun paragogic.
Notes critical and explanatory on the Books of Psalms and Proverbs, intended to correct the grammatical errors of the text from the collations of the mss. by D. Kennicott on the Psalms and by him and De Rossi on the Proverbs; and to restore and elucidate
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DURANGO, Colo. (Reuters) - Chocolate may be a comfort in troubled times but even this affordable luxury is feeling the pinch of slower economic growth in the United States.
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Allthough it could be just prudent housekeeping ahead of the expected cuts and the hootsmon is spinning it as a "rammy with westminster" article, we all know Westminster are going to be scrooge and cant afford it after Browns disaster.
The SNP Myth of the £500m cut and related matters
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Is a global social conscience a luxury only the pampered scions of the middle classes can afford?
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With careers and raises often hanging in the balance, few instructors can afford to displease the growing number of disengaged students making evaluation forms.
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He can afford to sit out the property slump.
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Celestine had met Stafford in a chemistry department seminar dealing with spin labeling.
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Will spectators be able to afford multiple games at the same ground in a short space of time?
Times, Sunday Times
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We can't afford for them to have bad experiences because bad experiences are remembered and give a jaundiced view of the organisation.
Times, Sunday Times
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Suddenly, Fashion Bug didn't seem like a fun place with cute, kicky, affordable clothes and plentiful opportunities for advancement.
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I can't get a job because I haven't got anywhere to live but I can't afford a place to live until I get a job-it's a catch-22 situation.
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We expect further modest growth for the rest of the year, although affordability pressures are likely to limit gains for first-time buyers and home movers.
Times, Sunday Times
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On the page and on the screen, "Kick-Ass" riffs on the wish-fulfillment afforded by tales of derring-do and the ill-advisedness of taking on the task in real life.
PaloAltoOnline.com
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We just can't afford to buy a house at the moment. It's a seller's market, and there's nothing we can do about it.
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Inasmuch as the defence needs only to secure the vote of one juryman to procure a disagreement, this offer is a comparatively safe one for the defendant to make, since the prosecutor, who must secure unanimity on the part of the jury (at least in New York State), can afford to take no chances of letting an incompetent or otherwise unfit talesman slip into the box.
Courts and Criminals
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Nice to see the great taxer can afford a $30K a week place to stay and have all of his transportation and needs taken care of by taxpayers like me.
Tennis, golf for Obama on day one
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Then, this state of nerves is most frequently to be relieved by care in affording them a pleasant view, a judicious variety as to flowers, * and pretty things.
Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not
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The unhappy helplessness of the man in the foxskin coat evidently afforded him great pleasure.
The Schoolmistress and other stories
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But if we had cheap loans, people could afford to make homes habitable and the rent would cover the loan.
Times, Sunday Times
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The municipal officer demands a bribe from a hawker; the bureaucrat refuses to register a land title or a marriage; the traffic cop beats the rickshaw-driver who can't afford to pay his weekly installment, known as hafta.
India's Middle Class Hungers for Undemocratic Change
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The power to apportion responsibility under the Law Reform Act 1945 afforded a far more appropriate tool for doing justice than the blunt instrument of turpitude.
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We've had to cancel the trip and can't afford to lose this money.
The Sun
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Her penultimate day was at Chetham's, an independent co-educational specialist music school, where parents pay if they can afford it.
Which school should I choose?
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Bill's loyalty to his apprentice had been ill rewarded this evening and no trainer could afford to be sentimental.
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If we could afford it, we'd like to go abroad for our holidays.
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Literature is an easy, affordable, multidimensional, cross-curricular way to both educate teens about the world and allow them to learn about themselves and their pretensions in a safe and productive way.
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If you can't afford parquet wood flooring, fake it with porcelain tiles.
Times, Sunday Times
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But the Bedouins are not rich enough to afford the prices they ask for.
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She felt she couldn't afford any more time off work.
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We aren't going for the simple reason that we can't afford it.
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Still relatively pricey, but much more affordable than spending tens of thousands of pounds on your own polo pony.
Times, Sunday Times
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I might be able to afford the preverbal double-wide if this gets passed.
Key conservative Democrat urges health care slowdown
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It is fair to say the only Porsche I could have afforded would have been a dinky toy.
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The rise of the netbook - affordable ultra-portable laptops - over the last eighteen months has been fascinating to watch.
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We were saving money to go to Hawaii, but as it is we can only afford to go on a camping trip.
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I can't afford to bear the deep feeling is the burden, sweet prattle just happened to cash lies.
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Only people with plenty of money can afford to shop here.
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A fabulous collection of ladies costume jewellery by Pave includes brooches, earrings, necklaces and gorgeous gift sets starting at very affordable prices.
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Affordable off-campus housing that's close to the university is only a dream for most students.
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But the more relevant argument is that religion promotes out-group mentality in an age of interdependence when we can't afford to surrender to ancient instincts.
Ted Cadsby: Defying Our Maker: What The New Atheists Miss
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Spending the summer travelling round India is a great idea, but it does rather beg the question of how we can afford it.
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`You can't afford to allow your personal feelings to jeopardize the operation, Marlette," Pruitt warned him.
THE DEVIL'S DOOR
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This issue was of such importance that we could not afford to ignore it.
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Rob leads prayers twice a month at Greenfield Baptist and Congregational Church in Urmston, Trafford, because the parish can't afford a vicar of its own.
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We have a big idea for young people to afford to be able to go to college, where tuitions are going up.
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Divorce is not a matter you can afford to take lightly.
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‘This new repellent chemistry affords flexibility and choice for protection against a variety of disease vectors,’ says Klun.
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If you can't afford the really nice mandolines, the plastic ones are perfectly serviceable.
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Then came the awkward moment when Kathleen realized what she was: an amusement afforded Margaret by her latest dry spell.
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But the trend has begun to change, owing to the availability of cheaper and trendy handsets, affordable pricing and relevant services.
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We can't afford to think about the future.
The Sun
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LOOKING for an affordable party pad close to the action with your gal pals?
The Sun
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The stress of worrying about how she was going to afford the insulin would make her condition even worse.
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A short walk up a stairway to the top of the north rampart affords a view of the construction.
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Thrall: I don't know what's come over you and your men, but this bloodlust is a liability that I can't afford.
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How can he afford to buy himself a brand new car?
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That means they can afford a couple bobbles and they probably will have them with non-division games against New England, Carolina and Miami.
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Prior catastrophic losses both in Mysore and in America had a lingering effect on future actions in India not only because the British could not afford further defeat, but also because the primary British actant in the Mysore Wars and the
Projection, Patriotism, Surrogation: Handel in Calcutta
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That big tree on the bank of the river might afford us shelter from the rain.
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In the old days it was only libraries that could afford to find room for CDs and cassettes.
Times, Sunday Times
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Why should the law abiding working person pay for these scum to be locked up in cosy cells with all the amenities that they can’t afford for themselves, if you are sending people to prison it should be hell on earth for them.
Another Form Of Relief « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
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In a letter to the Super Committee, Congressman Howard Berman D-CA, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee wrote, In this period of belt-tightening and economic uncertainty, some seem to think that foreign assistance is a luxury we can no longer afford.
Regan Hofmann: How President Obama Makes Love, Not War, by Pledging to End AIDS
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John's "cousinship" afforded an excellent basis for informal companionship, and Clementine gave it full prominence.
Winter Evening Tales
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No one would fault anyonewho can afford to go to Hawaii for going.
Has Obama Heard About The Economic Crisis?
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Sword play, or fencing, was once the sport of aristocrats, inaccessible to the masses, mainly because they could not afford a sword.
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Dedicating a room to formal dining and nothing else is a luxury most of us can ill afford.
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Roger Hopley, a sheep and arable farmer in Staffordshire, said: ‘This is the first fine day for a while, and the lads have a week's work to catch up on, so it's been quieter.’
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This chapter also draws largely, especially upon geological and chemical science, and affords another illustration of what, I trust, Mr. Stephens's book will more and more impress upon our working farmers, that _skilful practice is applied science_.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843
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Page 394 coursing through the green plains, and dark promontories, or obtuse projections of the side-long acclivities, alternately advancing or receding on the verge of the illumined native fields, to the utmost extent of sight; the summits of the acclivities afford, besides the forest trees already recited, Halesia, Ptelea, Circis, Cornus Florida and Amorpha.
Travels Through North & South Carolina, Georgia, East & West Florida, the Cherokee Country, the Extensive Territories of the Muscogulges, or Creek Confederacy, and the Country of the Chactaws; Containing An Account of the Soil and Natural Producti
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Each route affords opportunities to see and buy from artists of all disciplines.
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China's ability to sustain its rapid economic growth relies on having access to affordable natural resources.
Times, Sunday Times
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In other words, we can't afford to properly police copyright laws so we'll try and use emotional blackmail to keep people in line.
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While things are bad now, I've noticed that blue collar families that had jobs during the boom, but couldn't afford to get into one of the overprices houses are now snatching up foreclosures, fixing them up and living the dream.
Current.com top stories
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a certain point, and fuffered to cool, long rhomboidal cryftals are afforded of a deep blue colour, called vitriolated copper, or blue vitriol; it appears therefore that vitriolic acid forms, with iron, green cryftals; vrith zinc, white cryftals i and with copper, blue cryf - tals.
The Economy of Nature Explained and Illustrated: On the Principles of Modern Philosophy. By G ...
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An added boon is affordable childcare and home cooking.
Times, Sunday Times
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One bite from a Staffordshire bull terrier cross just missed her eye.
The Sun
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High housing costs have also led to a decrease in the number of younger people being able to afford to live alone.
Times, Sunday Times
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It affords a possible mechanism through which may be produced the recognized glaucomatous effects of certain nerve disturbances.
Glaucoma A Symposium Presented at a Meeting of the Chicago Ophthalmological Society, November 17, 1913
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These branches will afford the unbanked population with affordable minimum bank balance accounts that currently are unobtainable from most commercial banks.
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By the time I got home again I could afford to spend 55 minutes reinstalling my godforsaken operating system which was more or less all it took, I think.
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But whatever the circumstances, most would prefer to borrow more affordably if only they could.
Times, Sunday Times
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This expected slowdown appears to be largely due to mounting affordability pressures, which have increasingly constrained housing demand.
Times, Sunday Times
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A report said that poorer people couldn't afford healthy food and couldn't afford exercise. Can't the reporters conceive of exercise outside a gym?
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Davies, wishing to give dignity to his Celtic mythology, determines to find the arkite idolatry there too, and the style in which he proceeds to do this affords a good specimen of the extravagance which has caused Celtic antiquity to be looked upon with so much suspicion.
Celtic Literature
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Milton's admirable economy in working this truth into his great poem (i. 378) affords a sublime exposition of the mind of the Fathers on the origin of mythologies.] [1774] The word daimon means in Greek a god, but the Christians used the word to signify an evil spirit.
ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus
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It would be troublesome to eat with the sash covering her mouth, but it was possible to do so, and she couldn't afford to risk any of the boys seeing her face.
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There is no affordable housing in the scheme but this would most likely be provided on an alternative site in the borough.
Times, Sunday Times
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Five goalless draws in the last nine games has got Old Trafford fans bellowing for them to attack.
The Sun
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You can sit with the fishermen at the bar, or nibble on good bread and fresh pats of unsalted butter while you peruse the menu and affordable wine list.
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Magazines of the day published architectural plans for craftsman bungalows that were affordable to working-class as well as middle-class families.
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A recent recruit from Liverpool who joined his Stafford Street office was welcomed with a few jaunty choruses from a sea shanty.
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Unable to afford a new car, we had to run the old one into the ground.
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His next big step could well be to try and make an impact at Old Trafford, and, seemingly, the level-headed Belfast-born defender would not be fazed by the task.
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But what about those who need housing but cannot afford to buy at greatly inflated prices?
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It's no wonder that their residents often tolerate extreme commutes in order to find affordable housing, " it said.
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You can't afford to miss meals when you're in training.
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Obviously moving from an area where house prices are high to one where they are relatively low makes buying more affordable.
Times, Sunday Times
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They have roots in the area yet are worried they may not be able to afford to return to it.
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Stats that may or may not be relevant for today's match: * Four of the last five Utd v Liverpool games have had at least three goals* United's league record last season after Champ Lge matches: W3 D2 L5* There have been six red cards in the last seven matches* United have yet to concede a goal at Old Trafford this season* Liverpool are yet to score a league goal away from home this season
Man Utd v Liverpool - as it happened
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So when some of the staff at her fledgling firm wanted bigger salaries she could not afford, she offered them an extra week of annual holiday instead.
Times, Sunday Times
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Mom said they couldn't afford to waste anything right now.
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He would not be allowed legal representation even if he could afford it.
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Typically, these candidates are originally from Dublin, but were driven out by unaffordable property prices.
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He usually works in this breezy location, which, unfortunately, he cannot afford to connect to the electricity grid.
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They gave the officers to understand that far from wishing to act as enemies, they were willing to afford the shipwrecked people all the assistance in their power; but these barbarians shewed, on all occasions, a perfidiousness which is peculiar to the inhabitants of these climates; when the brig had sent biscuit on shore, they seized the half of it, and a few moments after, sold it at an exorbitant price, to those from whom they had stolen it.
Naufrage de la frigate la Méduse. English
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The general view was that they wanted affordable housing, not flats, and I think they are entirely right.
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We can ill-afford to lose more hotels to flats and apartments.
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That is not a luxury we can afford.
Times, Sunday Times
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A helmet affords the cyclist some degree of protection against injury.
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The fact that there is so little at stake in terms of financial rewards, book royalties and readerships means that innovative writers can afford a little self-indulgence.
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Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but the allure of affordable-luxury businesses such as day spas and beauty salons is positively irresistible.
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Categories: william stafford norbert blei | variations on the theme of april
April « 2010 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground
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Raccoon removal squirrel control Fredericksburg, Stafford, Virginia, and wildlife snake Skunk Valley pest control services experts bats, squirrels, mice, and remove the raccoons.
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That smile afforded her a brief glimpse of the other side of Adam Burns.
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In addition, putting Kirk Scrafford in as a starter at tackle will solidify the line.
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They can't afford to get caught up in a ferocious, physical battle.
Times, Sunday Times
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A nearby window affords a breathtaking view of a deep canyon that is home to many of the birds he is famous for watching.
Times, Sunday Times
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Offering a wide variety of flexible, unpretentious, gutsy food with modest bills, it's affordable and fun.
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Unfortunately, since volunteering means absenting oneself from employment, not everyone can afford the experience.
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I would have liked to stay at the Drill Field, but we were squeezed out by mounting debts and new safety standards, which we can't afford to pay for.
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After WWII, the San Fernando Valley was the nirvana of the common man, the Promised Land where the average Joe could afford to buy his place in the sun.
VDARE.com - Latest Articles
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In December, KFTC and several ally organizations were successful in persuading a rural electric co-op to abandon its plans to build a coal-burning power plant and create a collaborative process to examine and recommend affordable clean energy solutions, including energy efficiency, wind, solar and hydro power.
Jeff Biggers: Roadmaps to New Power: Appalachian Transition Initiative Leads Coalfields into New Year--and New Era
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The trunk, which readers away from boatable waters may need to be informed is an elevation about a foot above the main deck, to afford head-room in the middle of the cabin, had three deck lights, or ports, on each side.
The Yacht Club or The Young Boat-Builder
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Second, pragmatism is the thing human society can least afford at this stage in our development.
Matthew Yglesias » Bob Corker Blasts GOP Leadership
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Clearly we still have a ways to go before oceans and marine wildlife receive the same level of attention afforded to terrestrial ecosystems.
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Over £50m of investment in affordable homes for rent is on the horizon for people living in Wiltshire.
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Mortimer also discovered symptoms of lush-logic, for though he had an inclination to keep up the chaff, his dictionary appeared to be new modelled, and his lingo abridged by repeated clips at his mother tongue, by which he afforded considerable food for laughter.
Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. Or, The Rambles And Adventures Of Bob Tallyho, Esq., And His Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall, Through The Metropolis; Exhibiting A Living Picture Of Fashionable Characters, Manners, And Amusements In High And Low Life
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Maybe Arsenal thought another would come but they should have known that City could not afford a second half like the first.
Times, Sunday Times
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He said they do not buy mitumba by choice, but because that is what they could afford.
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The hut afforded little protection from the elements.
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He later indicated that a share of goalkeeping duties could become a common occurrence at Old Trafford.
David de Gea is still my No1, says Manchester United's Alex Ferguson
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Still, being retired means he's got time to lay about being stiff, whereas I am a thrusting executive professional who can't afford to be in less than 100% shape.
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SO you have bought the surround sounds amp & speakers. the speaker stands and all the wires. you have bought the best sound you can afford … … … … then settle on an inferior picture because of the size of tv, you say that you have limited floor space so what are you doing with it NOW, are you displaying some rare and ancient artefact, is your new stand taken up that same space you needed so much or do you just have more floor to clean.
Mitsubishi’s New LaserVue TVs: First Impressions - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
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Review your assets to determine whether you have the financial wherewithal to afford the costs of operating a franchise.
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I can't afford designer labels/designer label clothes.
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We cannot afford to ignore their advice.
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Those individuals will simply buy a new car instead, whether they can afford it or not.
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Few can afford either the calories or the cost of frequent trips to these gourmet candy stores.
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On Saturday, Mr Manning omitted reference to one minister recognised as a critical mover in the mission of keeping food both affordable and available.
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Then, last Saturday, Liverpool adjusted to cope with the pre-match loss of two key players, came back from conceding an early goal, and proceeded to thoroughly humiliate Manchester United at Old Trafford: "Ferguson, standing on the touchline in a coat reminiscent of Michael Foot, had the legs cut from under him and took to twitching from a seat in the dugout," whilst Wayne Rooney was reduced to an arm-whirling figure of anger and despair.
Archive 2009-03-01
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Those who cannot afford to pay this fee are exempted and treated free of cost.
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More affordable are Victorian decanters and a tantalus, a lockable case usually made to hold three cut-glass decanters.
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President Elect Obama tells us after over five years and thousands of mistakes and lies, the occupation of Iraq is going so "swimmingly" (the "surge" worked myth) that we can afford to send troops from there to the new righteous war, Afghanistan.
Warfare Reform
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Why are Mike Pence and the Republicans against women receiving cancer screenings and affordable oncological treatment?
Bob Cesca: The Republican War Against Women
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On the outskirts, what we call the inland empire, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, out in the desert, where people had to move because those were the only homes that they could afford, there's been a huge drop, a huge collapse in housing there.
CNN Transcript Apr 5, 2009
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The couple can well afford to pay the fine, but should probably get rid of their lax driver.
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Totally affordable yet rich enough for that New Year ski trip.
Times, Sunday Times
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The Lords of the Judicial Committee, before whom the case was heard in June and July, 1846, reported that in their opinion the Governor-in-Council had power in law to amove Mr. Willis, and that the facts were sufficient to justify his amoval, but that an opportunity ought to have been afforded him of being previously heard.
The Story of the Upper Canada Rebellion
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Members of it are clearly trying to preserve a minority religion in a hostile world, trying to work out where they can afford to compromise with the mainstream and where they must remain inflexible.
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Rice University Press will partner with organizations to provide more affordable publishing.
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`You can't afford to allow your personal feelings to jeopardize the operation, Marlette," Pruitt warned him.
THE DEVIL'S DOOR
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Will spectators be able to afford multiple games at the same ground in a short space of time?
Times, Sunday Times
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She was always the voice of reason, persuading him not to buy things they couldn't afford.
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Morone called the House of Representatives 'passage of the Affordable Health Care for America Act on Nov. 7 "historic," noting that it was the first time in American history that a chamber of Congress has passed health reform on such a massive scale.
The Brown Daily Herald RSS
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Billed as an affordable model with an unmatchable package of extras, the XEi was released as a 1.8 litre petrol special edition at dealerships across the country in June.
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Too much Affordably Good Design made me want to go straight to a novelty shop in Devizes to buy a toby jug of a grinning trawlerman's head sporting a yellow sou'wester.
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Making quality health care more universal and affordable is the best argument and it is an argument that resonates especially well during hard economic times, when few people feel secure.
Matthew Yglesias » You Can’t Create Jobs by “Focusing” on the Economy
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It seemed that they couldn't afford to spend enough on maintenance.
