11.   Earlier, Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka said the government cannot afford extra spending measures to boost the economy as the nation seeks to cut its bulging budget deficit.

12.   Experts say the government could easily afford to build a sewage treatment plant and pipe drinking water into the city.

13.   Equally, though, the Jordanian government could not afford to back down once it publicly accused the Hamas leaders of offenses that were tantamount to treason.

14.   Even with a looming surplus, the federal government cannot afford such financial indulgence without busting the spending limits Congress has set for itself.

15.   Figueroa cannot afford to fill them, and the government cannot afford to fill them for him.

16.   Governments perhaps can afford large inventories that the old system produced, but businesses cannot.

17.   He took issue with politicians who say the government cannot afford tax cuts because of the large budget deficit.

18.   However, the government can no longer afford to spend tens of millions of dollars a year to make its case on a global stage.

19.   However, Mitsuzuka said the government cannot afford extra spending measures to boost the economy.

20.   In an era of budget cuts, will the government still afford compassion toward those not helped by the drug?