full weight
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffullandweight
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full
adjective
uk/fʊl/us/fʊl/
(of a container or a space) holding or containing as much as possible or ...
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weight
noun
uk/weɪt/us/weɪt/
the amount that something or ...
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(Definition offullandweightfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffull weight
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That is the point: the nature of the media is such that it cannot bear thefullweightof deliberative democratic theory's bridging expectations.
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We will elect an intermediate position here, neither givingfullweightnor giving no weight to the prior trials.
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Many articles are interdisciplinary in nature, and the importance of philosophical, socioeconomic and political factors in scientific development is givenfullweight.
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To take the wind out of somebody's and prepare to take on thefullweightof the circumstances.
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The sources may not bear thefullweightof this argument, but this book should spur historians to explore it further.
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But this was not an unreasonable prediction at the time, and modern architects pressed it with thefullweightof their enthusiasm and rhetoric.
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We should feel thefullweightof our responsibilities.
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There are two views on this matter, andfullweightmust be given to both.
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He made a strong appeal, with thefullweightof his authority, to mobilise industry.
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We shall ensure that the report's conclusions are givenfullweight.
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Will he givefullweightto that opposition before a final decision is reached?
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He put hisfullweightbehind that statement.
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Nothing less than thefullweightof the community is enough to carry it.
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It is sometimes necessary to deploy thefullweightof the office.
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We will givefullweightto what he has said this evening.
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I think we have given itfullweightand tried to strike the right balance.
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These interests are givenfullweightwhen aid allocations are planned.
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Will he givefullweightto those facts in any announcement that he proposes to make?
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Is there any guarantee under the present system that they havefullweight?
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Let them bear thefullweightof it.
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