Example sentences of "of [noun] is anything go by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyone who has romantic ideas of what it must have been like for great women and men to be filled with God 's Spirit should think again if the story of Mary is anything to go by . |
| 2 | If the recent huge success of Windows is anything to go by , Windows for Workgroups could prove to be a catalyst pushing many more PC users into the world of networking.Windows for Workgroups has several obvious new features . |
| 3 | Although the next quarter is also expected to be bleak for Proteon — the near-collapse of the absurd European Exchange Rate Mechanism last year has had a poor effect on prices in Europe , causing them to rise — if Swan 's track record of success is anything to go by , Proteon 's results - at least in Europe — might well be expected to be turned round . |
| 4 | There must be no shortage of people who hold grudges against you if your current display of arrogance is anything to go by . |
| 5 | Both Britain and America are in desperate need of this rare commodity and both , if their current crop of politicians is anything to go by , are unlikely to get any . |
| 6 | If The Violence of Language is anything to go by , let's keep the etymologies rolling and , along with them , Lecercle 's sort of intense awareness of the material reality that is language . |