41.   The country can no longer afford them.

42.   The country cannot afford such complacency any longer.

43.   The country simply cannot afford more, it said.

44.   The country cannot afford that kind of commitment now, Rubin said.

45.   The country cannot afford to squander the opportunity to limit smoking in the name of partisanship, he said.

46.   The country can ill afford to lose the confidence of the IMF as it needs outside assistance to cover foreign currency debt.

47.   The president was playing his best political cards at a time when the country can afford to act and address these long-term problems.

48.   The Swiss will decide on Sunday whether to provide new mothers with the kind of salary protections that every other Western European country affords women after they give birth.

49.   The vast Chinese market has always attracted foreign companies, but very few have been able to capitalize on the opportunities the country affords.

50.   They argue that poor countries often cannot afford vital medicine.