1.  Grant is already a free agent this summer, so the Lakers can ill-afford to lose Horry.

2.  Like I said, this team has yet to show it can win consistently and can ill-afford such an attitude.

3.  That means Houston can ill-afford to stand pat and needs to at least make modest improvements.

4.  The disease has decimated the productive sector of the population on a continent that can ill-afford any drag on economic development.

5.  Some analysts and economists criticized the move, saying Argentina could ill-afford to spend its currency reserves.

6.  The strikes have especially hurt street vendors and rickshaw drivers whose slim margins can ill-afford the loss of revenue.

7.  The report called on the United States to help clear the mines, an expensive and time-consuming process the Vietnamese can ill-afford.

8.  It is an injury the Australians can ill-afford having forfeited their match against Sri Lanka in Colombo because of security fears.

9.  Li also stressed that while China could ill-afford to remain outside the WTO for much longer, the international community needed China as a member.

10.  The Americans are all too aware that even with home advantage they can ill-afford to underestimate a French team who have recalled Yannick Noah as captain.