21.   And yet, everyone acknowledges that anti-retroviral drugs are still too expensive to be generally obtainable in Africa at prices people can afford.

22.   And, it said, many people cannot afford treatment because they lack insurance that would cover it.

23.   As city planner Charlotte Barham explained, even many middle-class people can no longer afford to buy a first home.

24.   As the Soviet social safety net came undone, fewer people could afford to spend time away from their jobs.

25.   Automakers fear any rate increase because higher interest rates make it harder for people to afford new cars and trucks, the payments commonly financed over several years.

26.   --- Rich people can afford more nature than the rest of us.

27.   A century ago, when the first major pension plan was created, for Union veterans of the Civil War, few people could afford to save for retirement.

28.   A fundamental problem in the third world is that people cannot afford even the cheapest safeguards.

29.   A police spokesman credited economic hardship, saying fewer people today can afford firecrackers or bullets.

30.   But it must guarantee a certain number of seats that most people can afford.