Below you will find example sentences with "longer afford". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Longer Afford in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: afford
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 6
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 24.6 words

Words in this phrase

longer afford

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • longer can mean: comparative form of long: more long Common word
  • afford can mean: To incur, stand, or bear without serious detriment, as an act which might under other circumstances be injurious; (usually after an expre... Frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 4 start, 8 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

could no longer afford to run 2× also no longer afford to keep 1× can no longer afford 1× can no longer afford monumental flops 1× can no longer afford she said 1× can no longer afford sizable teams 1× can no longer afford the upkeep 1× can no longer afford to buy 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

after passing through 1× as the cost 1× bentley the dog 1× but he left 1× by the next 1× cars are a 1×

Common sentence endings:

a study centre 1× afford his contract 1× afford monumental flops 1× afford she said 1× afford the upkeep 1× federal police agency 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

run 3× dog 2× next 2× companies 2× become 2× large 2× now 2× building 2× designs 2× luxury 2× owned 2× council 2×

Related phrases

longer periods longer needed longer exists longer term cannot afford couldn afford

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around afford:

couldn afford 6×

Just before it in the phrase index:

long term long range long periods long jump long journey long island

Just after it in the phrase index:

longer exists longer needed longer periods longer term longest active longest cooking

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

longer periods longer needed longer exists longer term

Same ending:

cannot afford couldn afford

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "longer afford" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 24.6 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as could no longer afford to run, also no longer afford to keep, run, dog and next stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with longer periods, longer needed, longer exists and couldn afford, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with longer afford

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

Disney can no longer afford monumental flops. (7 words)

Cars are a luxury we can no longer afford,” she said. (11 words)

States can no longer afford to wait for protection from an over-stretched federal police agency. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

The stadium is owned by Gateshead Council, which was unable to offer the necessary assurances at the time as it warned that it could no longer afford to run the venue itself and that it faced the prospect of closure unless a new operator took it on. (47 words)

The aforementioned reports and testimonies have made it quite clear that humans can no longer afford to turn a blind eye to their environment, and urgent actions at a global level are needed to address and restrict the rise in temperature. (41 words)

It is now owned by the national park authority in Eryri, also known as Snowdonia, which put it up for sale earlier this year, saying it could no longer afford to run the building as a study centre. (38 words)

Example sentences (20)

After passing through security, Baker asked to see Ted Addison, a former client who could no longer afford her services but with whom she had kept in touch.

As the cost of living crisis continues to bite, more and more girls and women are suffering period poverty can no longer afford to buy sanitary products each month.

Bentley the dog was rescued in Aberdeenshire after his owners could no longer afford to treat him.

By the next decade, the government could no longer afford to maintain the circus and started looking for buyers.

Companies can no longer afford sizable teams focused on isolated projects that don’t directly contribute to strategic goals.

He might even have to move out of his 30-room mansion, Royal Lodge because he can no longer afford the upkeep.

Max had a note attached to him, according to the society, stating that his previous owner had lost his job and housing, and could no longer afford to care for the dog.

Risks such as climate change have become so large and systemic that companies can no longer afford to ignore them.

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States can no longer afford to wait for protection from an over-stretched federal police agency.

The aforementioned reports and testimonies have made it quite clear that humans can no longer afford to turn a blind eye to their environment, and urgent actions at a global level are needed to address and restrict the rise in temperature.

The Russian fleet could no longer afford large warships like this, but China could and is now building its own designs that are more similar to American designs.

Today our resident bad boy James Howard Kunstler argues that the West harbors luxury beliefs that it can no longer afford.

We can also no longer afford to keep governments, cities, and philanthropists operating in isolation from one another.

But he left the institution in 2010 when the outlet told him it could no longer afford his contract.

Cars are a luxury we can no longer afford,” she said.

Disney can no longer afford monumental flops.

It is now owned by the national park authority in Eryri, also known as Snowdonia, which put it up for sale earlier this year, saying it could no longer afford to run the building as a study centre.

Some secondary schools reported that they can no longer afford to run placements, while others said it had become harder to accommodate pupils since the pandemic due to more home working.

The cash-strapped council says it can no longer afford to subsidise the town halls as it battles to find £37m in savings over the next three years.

The stadium is owned by Gateshead Council, which was unable to offer the necessary assurances at the time as it warned that it could no longer afford to run the venue itself and that it faced the prospect of closure unless a new operator took it on.

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