1.   And how will the city afford that?

2.   And when businesses close or move, they leave behind ghostly buildings that the city cannot afford to raze.

3.   Bigger cities afford more opportunity to lie and get away with it, and lying also is used as a survival tool in hard times, she said.

4.   Both sides agree that the city cannot afford to cut both.

5.   Both Vallone and Giuliani agree that the city cannot afford to cut both taxes.

6.   But critics contend that the changes at Giffen have been largely cosmetic, and that the city could never afford to repeat them at other struggling schools.

7.   But how much museum space and financing this history-steeped city can afford is an open question.

8.   But Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani has contended that the city can not afford such an increase.

9.   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.

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