Example sentences of "experience is anything [to-vb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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1 | What is more difficult to predict into the middle of the next century is the proportion of the total population that this older group will constitute , because that depends upon the birth-rate , and the latter , if past experience is anything to go on , shifts unpredictably with transient social circumstances — such as the level of unemployment or whether or not there is a war — as well as with unstable social attitudes to child-bearing and the age at which it is thought suitable for women to bear children . |
2 | If the Australian experience is anything to go by , the cost here to government , employers and insurance companies could soon run into millions of pounds . |
3 | The anti-crisis plan will mean further deep cuts in living standards which , if Eastern Europe 's experience is anything to go by , will be tolerated only if people support their leaders . |
4 | If German experience is anything to go by , initial public wariness will be replaced by warm approval , as residents come to appreciate the manifest advantages of living in a residential area that has been reclaimed from domination by the car . |
5 | IF AMY Carter 's experience is anything to go by , four years at the White House could be a traumatic experience for 12-year-old Chelsea Clinton . |
6 | Sir , — It is not surprising that the Tories lost so many seats , if my experience is anything to go by . |
7 | However , if booksellers ' experience is anything to go by , the desired improvement in sales came earlier than expected . |
8 | Adjectives will creep in , if my own experience is anything to go by . |
9 | The installation of surveillance cameras also seems to work , if Airdrie 's experience is anything to go by . |