Sentence examples for put the full weight from inspiring English sources

Ambassador Holbrooke was not able to convince President Obama to put the full weight of his presidency behind his initiative.

In announcing his gun control proposals, Mr. Obama pledged to put the "full weight" of his office behind the effort.

"It is wrong and unacceptable to put the full weight of cuts on to the backs of the poorest people in our society.

The drug companies' influence has been greatly magnified because the United States trade officials have put the full weight of American trade pressures to work on their behalf.

Clinton's visit to Islamabad with her generals in tow was designed to put the full weight of the U.S. behind it.

To put the full weight of Europe's cultural identity crisis on a slender spire of traditional architecture meant risking a dangerous debate, which has now erupted, and not only in Switzerland.

I'm more skeptical, at least about the odds of Mr. Dingell's putting the full weight of his committee behind a carbon tax.

Mr. Bush's new stance on offshore drilling will inject him squarely into the presidential campaign, by putting the full weight of the White House behind Mr. McCain at a time when he is trying to demonstrate presidential stature.

However, if the country were part of a currency area with its foreign market, its exchange rate would by definition not change, putting the full weight of adjustment on wages and unemployment – a significantly more protracted and painful process.

"People can stand with an M.C.L. sprain, and people can stand with an A.C.L. sprain or tear, but it is the bone bruise that prevents them from putting the full weight down, or jogging or turning on to that side.

It's a long time coming and we're thrilled the president's putting the full weight of his office behind this," said Josh Horowitz, executive director of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence.