Sentence examples for has pulled its weight from inspiring English sources
The US has pulled its weight before, whenin the aftermath of the Vietnam war it took in the most of the 1.3 million people from Indochina resettled in the global north.
While Europe as a whole is on track to meet its goal of an 8percentt reduction over 1990 emissions levels by 2012, not every country has pulled its weight.
So Plaid has pulled its punches.
They admitted that Europe had not pulled its weight this year, but said the possibility of declining oil prices improved Europe's prospects in 2002.
Every note has to pull its weight, every hammer, every string, every key.
We liked Nixon because he told Europe it had to pull its weight.
CHINA's economy has defied the worldwide slowdown and continued its long streak of rapid growth, raising expectations that it has begun to pull its weight as an engine for Asia and the world.
On the positive side, China has been able to pull its weight at the UN and other international political organizations, as well as form meaningful alliances with other emerging powers.
The New Zealand Herald said that the conditions should have been accepted, whatever the cost.Among other recent niggles across the Tasman Sea, the Australians have accused New Zealand of not pulling its weight on defence after scrapping the combat wing of its ageing air force.
Given the mess the country is in, it would be helpful to have an adult opposition that could pull its weight, but that's not the hand America has been dealt.
