1.   Not everyone can afford the cost of prescription drugs.

2.   Americans someday must decide whether it can afford the cost of this compassion given the relative scarcity of resources when compared to the number of competing needs.

3.   A developer could afford the cost of fighting the government to build a shopping center, housing development, or some other business on the ranch.

4.   But most countries cannot afford the costs of such tests or to pay for the costly drugs.

5.   But many brokers feel they cannot afford the cost of installing the equipment or the time and expense it takes to train associates to use it.

6.   But the mayor has repeatedly said the city could not afford the cost of restoring and maintaining the historic buildings unless the development plan generated significant revenues.

7.   He said that even if another international peacekeeping arrangement could be found, Moscow could not afford the cost of sending a division.

8.   How can America afford the cost of such an increase in its oldest-old population?

9.   It was reasonable to bet that Mexico needed to woo investors with a period of exchange-rate stability and could afford the cost of growing trade deficits.

10.   Most African women breast-feed, and could not afford the cost of infant formula in any case.