Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] be anything to go " in BNC.

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1 The room would be packed shoulder-to-shoulder and the show , if previous years were anything to go by , would probably be okay .
2 If we go only by the legislation and other portents , then the outlook is overcast at present and we are not sure how it will clear ; if commitment and current initiatives are anything to go by , then the prospects are brighter .
3 The evidence is that you stand as good a chance of getting the choice of currency right as the experts if the return from the managed funds is anything to go by .
4 Because he was n't just the same hard , tough personality that he always had been : he was now far more dangerous — certainly if her present fragile emotions were anything to go by .
5 But if his practical measures are anything to go by , he may be thinking of the Libyan nation , for he discourages international marriage not only with English or American persons , but with Algerians , Egyptians and Palestinians .
6 France is now facing its second period of cohabitation between a right-wing government and a socialist president , and if the statements of the conservative leaders are anything to go by , it is likely to be tougher than it was last time .
7 THE day of the indie guitar band dominating local music appears to be on the wane , if recent developments are anything to go by .
8 And if recent reports are anything to go by it was n't only aircraft which were paying their respects to Parham yesterday .
9 If recent events are anything to go by , one forum for this ‘ dialogue ’ will be the courts of law .
10 Mehdi Moghadassi If past performances are anything to go by , this should be quite a disturbing work .
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