1.   I can hardly afford the rent on my miserable income.

2.   We decided to take rooms in Longwood House, although we knew we could not really afford the rent.

3.   But the main intended beneficiaries of the new law are unlikely to be able to afford the rents at places they now have legal access to.

4.   Many can afford the rents but find themselves excluded -- often ostensibly because they have children.

5.   A full-time cashier cannot afford rent on an illegal rooftop hut.

6.   Burd had moved the office off-campus and had told the board that the foundation could afford the rent, Llewellyn said.

7.   But she chose to come here after concluding that she could not afford the rents elsewhere in Los Angeles.

8.   Competition has caused prices to drop so low that some salons can no longer afford rent on a decent storefront space.

9.   Competition among women who braid hair has caused prices to drop so low that some salons can no longer afford rent on a decent storefront space.

10.   He could not afford his rent, much less theater tickets.