His job has been up and down and he cannot afford to move out.
He cannot afford to be perceived by sections of the electorate as soft or hesitant.
But whatever Mr Adams's private feelings, he cannot afford a strident denunciation of the Irish government.
One man calls home from a telephone box because he cannot afford a mobile phone.
But he cannot afford to offend the United States, as he did in 1991.
With a thin majority in the new parliament, he cannot afford to offend important interest groups.
He cannot afford to put the Mets or any of his employees in financial peril ever again.
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Unlike the large builders, he cannot afford to offer deep discounts or he won't make any profit.
But he cannot afford to surrender the inflation-fighting credentials that his predecessors fought so hard to win.
Mr Zimba frets that he cannot afford enough seeds or fertiliser to make full use of his land.
He is claiming indigent status and requesting that the state provide a lawyer, as he cannot afford one.
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Stevens admitted, though, he cannot afford to think he has conquered his problems.
Indeed, given her iconic value, he cannot afford to let her fail.
Since he cannot afford either to rely on his vice-president or to embarrass her, Mr Wahid has once again been forced to fudge it.
If Mr Brown is still serious about succeeding Mr Blair as prime minister, which is hardly in doubt, he cannot afford to do nothing.
Although he needs middle-of-the-road support if he is to retain the prime ministership, he cannot afford to lose too much of the far right.
After a crash in Jerez and finishing empty-handed in China and France, Rossi knows he cannot afford many more errors with 11 races left to go.
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Much as he wishes to be the apostle of orthodox economics and free trade, he cannot afford to seem insensitive to the losers in this system.
However, with crowds at London Road rarely rising above 9000, Johnson has said he cannot afford to unbalance the squad by paying high wages to a star player.
Mr Stevenson, who works as an operating theatre orderly at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, said he would have to defend himself at trial as he cannot afford a lawyer.
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He can weather a few defections, particularly by individuals who still claim they want the Tories to win the next election, but he cannot afford to lose voters in any number.
Large though Mr Gates's bank balance may be, he cannot afford to kit out the United States with broadband networks, and almost certainly has no desire to become a cable mogul.
Mears is at his best when running in the loose, taking on players, passing and supporting, but he cannot afford to take too much ball into contact as he will get turned over.
In any case, he cannot now afford to be seen to be sabotaging the whole idea.
In practice, he says, farmers cannot afford to diversify out of coffee when the price falls.
He claims the council cannot afford to transport, site and insure the masterpiece, so it would be better to auction it off to the highest bidder.
He believes that we cannot afford to extend tax cuts to the wealthiest 2 percent of the American people at the cost of over a trillion dollars over 10 years.
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He also warns that Congress cannot afford to drag out the confirmation process for Cabinet members, particularly with the U.S. dealing with a financial crisis and two wars.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, himself a Sheffield MP, said in a statement that he regretted the government "cannot afford to support its expansion" but added that "the truth is that this loan was promised by the outgoing Labour government as a calculated ploy to win support in Sheffield just ahead of the election".
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