Example sentences of "'s [noun] is [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The installation of surveillance cameras also seems to work , if Airdrie 's experience is anything to go by . |
| 4 | If the Doors comparisons are to be believed — which they are not — success is only around the corner if the amount of hype for Oliver Stone 's movie is anything to go by . |
| 5 | No , this guy 's fault is he had one too many bourbons before getting up to strut his stuff on the dance-floor . |
| 6 | A small pointer to Noell 's wealth is his having paid £520 at the end of 1657 to avoid becoming an alderman of the City . |
| 7 | I do think if er if we it strikes me I forgotten what the new guy 's name is you 've got in charge of the yard , what 's his name ? |
| 8 | He certainly would , but what in heaven 's name is he talking about ? |
| 9 | Brutus 's self is one founded on his public and not his private identity . |
| 10 | One of the men who most attracts him , Mubarak , is also one whose sexuality is most self-conscious , withdrawn , and complicated ; Mubarak 's masculinity is itself strung out across difference : he is a Sudanese African in Asia , and fighting for a people whom he does not understand and who regard him with a racist indifference ( pp. 194 — 5 ) ; he speaks perfect French , but with a Parisian urban working-class accent . |
| 11 | I do n't know you know it 's er it er we do manage and of course what breaks er people 's spirit is I mean we we know we do n't get the money we should be having . |
| 12 | For this afternoon 's rematch of the Welsh Cup finalists — Neath won that one 14-13 before 58,000 people at the Arms Park — Stradey has an upper limit of 18,700 and , if last season 's equivalent is anything to go by , every available space may be needed . |
| 13 | The key to FoxPro 's performance is something called Rushmore Technology . |
| 14 | Difficult modes of speech may be coined to convey difficult themes , but the private nature of the artist 's invention is what gives it its power . |
| 15 | Sadly , there are many people who say that the Children 's Address is what speaks to them , rather than other parts of a Protestant service . |
| 16 | Cohn 's Broadway is one populated by freaks and story-tellers . |
| 17 | If Charlotte 's Verbier is anything to go by , 1991 could be a long year . |
| 18 | One puzzle that stands out in considering the UK 's position is what makes the UK 's experiences different from those of other countries in the context of an international upheaval like that of the 1970s/1980s . |
| 19 | The County Council 's position is it does n't feel able at the moment to express a definitive view on these three elements in respect of er of either sector . |