51.   The company can afford to borrow heavily to finance its growth because its core business is so stable.

52.   The company cannot afford to get it wrong.

53.   The company can afford to start investing in joint ventures and looks more attractive to potential investors, Wright said.

54.   The company can afford to be generous.

55.   The electronics companies can afford their purchases because they are part of huge conglomerates with interests in everything from shipbuilding and construction to automobiles and financial services.

56.   The food industry agrees that better scrutiny is needed, because not all companies can afford to run tests in their factories.

57.   The lower the interest rate, the more money a company can afford to borrow to build factories.

58.   The payments as written now are all the company can afford, it says, without going bankrupt.

59.   The unions will be possible because interest rates are expected to stay at relatively low levels, meaning companies can afford to borrow cash to buy other companies.

60.   Then one day Redcart.com called to say that the company could not afford to pay the rent.