afford for vs afford

Some examples from the web:

• We cannot afford for this to happen any longer.
• Ladies and gentlemen, the events of the last few weeks have openly demonstrated the extremism and radical nature of the current Iranian leaders; it is clear that the international community cannot afford for them to obtain nuclear weapons.
• We can't afford for Harry Morgan to become a cause celebre, James.
• I'm asking for your help, but I can't afford for you to go off book out there and I don't have any room for debate, so if you've got any questions, now's the time.
• None of us can afford for it to be interrupted.
• Because they couldn't afford for their mental illness to become public.
• You can't even dream to afford for permanent powers.
• The organization who hid those weapons can't afford for anyone to know.
• Jennie and Paul certainly couldn't afford for him to be hurt or hospitalised... or worse.
• We can't afford for you to stumble again, and neither can your career.
• To support Clara and the many children we will have when I can afford for us to marry.
• It is all your loyal clerk can afford for his meager 15 bob a week.
• Go easy on this man. I can't afford for him to get hurt.
• Or perhaps the Russian Government thinks that accepting help would be a sign of weakness, which it cannot afford for political reasons.
• We cannot afford for the European Union to make a bad impression again.
• A number of honourable Members have raised the particular issues about consumers and the opportunity that this would afford for transparency and clarity - to give information to consumers.
• That's something you can't afford for me to know about.
• These are gamblers ready to risk what they can't afford for what they can't have.
• I can't afford for Matahachi to die!
• In fact, we almost can't afford for you not to go.

Some examples from the web:

• She sold her house to afford the fertility treatments.
• A luxury a queen can never afford.
• My family couldn't afford it.
• But they could afford life assurance on Lia Brown.
• I couldn't afford my mortgage anymore.
• A young Queen cannot afford such powerful enemies.
• Fed couldn't afford those cuff links.
• Nora couldn't afford the lighthouse upkeep.
• I can barely afford these Kentish Town rooms.
• Look, Jessica could barely afford food.
• Celebrities can barely afford that place.
• Some say we cannot afford such new financing.
• A social Europe cannot afford hasty reactions or empty words.
• Energy-guzzling humanity can ill afford not to examine this possibility.
• She's going to need capital to afford a proper lawyer.
• Anger is a luxury people like us cannot afford.
• I'm wondering how an enlisted man could afford it.
• I didn't know that drunk could even afford the Internet.
• Your boy could only afford two plane tickets.
• And before you could afford $500-an-hour lawyers.