31.   His older sister, Laura, gave up skating because the family could not afford lessons for both children.

32.   How many families can regularly afford extravagance like that?

33.   In the end, even some students whose families could not afford passport fees were able to come.

34.   Instead, it costs more than most families can afford.

35.   LeVier, barefoot because the family could only afford him dress shoes, was walking one afternoon through the Balboa Theater in Venice when something stuck between his toes.

36.   Many families cannot afford even a temporary dip in their income.

37.   Many more were simply told that their financially struggling families could no longer afford to keep them.

38.   More subtly, should it keep doing it for those students whose families can afford to pay?

39.   Most families can afford only the low-cost variety.

40.   Mrs. Bangon, a gentle woman whose soft face is framed by thick black hair, explained that the family cannot afford both.