President Karzai says ambitious plans for a large, modern Afghan army are simply more than the country can afford for a long time.

VOA: standard.2009.12.09

Some residents sell food to those who can afford it. Water is available,thanks to international aid organizations.

VOA: standard.2010.02.02

He says he has plenty of produce to sell, but few can afford to buy.

VOA: standard.2010.06.16

"I know some question whether we can afford to act this year. But the unmistakable truth is that it would be irresponsible to not act.

VOA: standard.2009.06.13

Dunn says few people in Overtown can afford to buy fresh, organic produce.

VOA: standard.2010.03.10

It is something anyone can afford to play."

VOA: standard.2010.07.10

People can't afford them. That's why we don't really have a malaria vaccine yet, because no one in rich countries really suffers from malaria.

VOA: special.2010.03.29

However,most agencies can't afford those. You have to have a hangar, it costs quite a bit for maintenance and fuel."

VOA: standard.2010.01.01

In some African countries, health officials say they can't afford to meet international standards for AIDS treatment.

VOA: standard.2010.07.17

"Unlike the federal government, our states have to balance their budgets, and they can't print more money to pay for programs they can't afford,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.10

This is presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs "Many may believe that we can't afford to do anything,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

but,we can't afford to wait for long." Meir Javedanfar of the MEEPAS center in Tel Aviv says that the Sejil 2 missile is nothing for the West to worry about.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

People saying we can't afford to have disease specific programs.

VOA: standard.2010.07.15

Let's go get this done. Thank you everybody. God bless you,". Mr.Obama went to the arena where John McCain accepted last year's Republican presidential nomination, and said the nation can no longer afford to play games with health care.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12