Sentence examples for pulling its weight from inspiring English sources

While China claims it is pulling its weight when it comes to North Korea — cutting back on trade, imposing UN sanctions, attempting to open dialogue with Pyongyang Chinana watchers are unsure about exactly how much pressure it has actually applied since April.

"Europe could potentially justify banking the slack in its carbon budgets if it was pulling its weight in climate change, but it is currently very far from doing so," said report author Damien Morris, adding that the EU is not on track to meet its long-term carbon cuts.

If a country is that wealthy, others can demand that it start pulling its weight and play more by the international rules.

The perception that the UK is not pulling its weight when it comes to receiving asylum seekers is given further backing when you adjust the figures relative to each country's population.

How dare others say it is not pulling its weight?The Chinese have a point.

Potcat did not instantly become the indisputable leader of the gang, but over the course of the week, it did become part of the team, pulling its weight as a paperweight.

He argues that France can maintain credibility as a world actor only if it pulls its weight.

The sleight of hand has not gone unnoticed by other countries and if Europe continues to fail to pull its weight it will be impossible to win the support of developing countries who rightly point out we have a massive historic responsibility to lead the way.

Instagram hopes dollars from the long-tail of small businesses and social media stars can help it pull its weight in the Facebook family.

Now, however, Poland increasingly sees Europe in need of a stronger security and defense policy, with its own civil and military planning headquarters, as the United States expects it to pull its weight in defense and security matters.

We liked Nixon because he told Europe it had to pull its weight.