Example sentences of "[noun] be anything to go by " in BNC.
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| 61 | 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 . |
| 62 | Sir , — It is not surprising that the Tories lost so many seats , if my experience is anything to go by . |
| 63 | However , if booksellers ' experience is anything to go by , the desired improvement in sales came earlier than expected . |
| 64 | Adjectives will creep in , if my own experience is anything to go by . |
| 65 | The installation of surveillance cameras also seems to work , if Airdrie 's experience is anything to go by . |
| 66 | 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 . |
| 67 | In fact , if the answers given by 40 per cent of women quizzed for a new survey are anything to go by , the EC president might as well Jacques it in … |
| 68 | If looks are anything to go by , he 's thinking in his head all the time . ’ |
| 69 | IF HISTORY is anything to go by , the legal action being brought in Britain by 3,000 patients against Wyeth ( a subsidiary of American Home Products ) and Switzerland 's Hoffmann-La Roche will either be dismissed or settled out of court for a pittance . |
| 70 | But if his reputation as one of the great Kings of French history is anything to go by , then the means he used were justified by the end , the destruction of the Angevin Empire . |
| 71 | If the Church and secular press is anything to go by , a period of intense lobbying has begun with the various groups and interests within the Church of England backing their preferred candidates , or perhaps as significant , blacking others . |
| 72 | And if the successful return to our screens of Thunderbirds last year is anything to go by , then the cartoon characters will be the hottest toys on shop shelves this December . |
| 73 | A rather racy novel , if the cover was anything to go by . |
| 74 | She was aware that her mother had already had her first drink , and was on to her second , if not third glass of wine , if the bottle was anything to go by . |
| 75 | If the bar conversation was anything to go by , the people of Oswaldston were going to react to their newly famous son by first denigrating him and then resenting any outsider who made claim to him . |
| 76 | Murrayfield will provide a feast of entertaining rugby if the quality of the tournament at Catania was anything to go by . |
| 77 | Those pith-helmeted cavaliers who despatched rhinos with a single well-placed slug from an army pistol while the colonel 's daughter cowered behind the baobab had simple natures but not , if this ox was anything to go by , simple hearts . |
| 78 | It would be an interesting landing , if his experience of weather patterns was anything to go by . |
| 79 | Later , I reflected that to be in receipt of confidences of this kind , if my own experience was anything to go by , could be insufferably taxing to the patience . |
| 80 | Aware , as she most certainly was , that she could not be pleased to see him — grief , if past experience was anything to go by , they 'd no doubt be going for each other 's throats before the meal was half over — Leith returned to the kitchen and prepared some salad . |
| 81 | Now they 're putting the finishing touches to a new double album for release next March , which , if songs like ‘ Evil ’ and ‘ Mother ’ , showcased at their recent London gigs are anything to go by , promises to be an even more intoxicating opportunity to see inside Mark 's troubled , immensely talented psyche . |
| 82 | After all , if this week 's polls are anything to go by , she may be joining the ranks of Britain 's retired pensioners in 1992 . |
| 83 | ‘ Good , live firing 's just stopped and if the last few nights are anything to go by , we 'll be hearing from the battlegroup soon , once their own fitters have had a chance to check out the day 's casualties. , |
| 84 | Alton Towers theme park attracts 2.4 million visitors a year — presumably more men than women if the facilities are anything to go by . |
| 85 | If recent events are anything to go by , one forum for this ‘ dialogue ’ will be the courts of law . |
| 86 | If ethnic monitoring recommendations are anything to go by , both in schools and elsewhere , official information on the fate of pupils from the minorities will continue to suffer from this lacuna . |
| 87 | But , if first impressions were anything to go by , one thing it would not be : boring . |
| 88 | 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 . |
| 89 | 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 . |
| 90 | Dyed-in-the-wool fabric-winged 65 hp-engined Ercoupe owners would appear to think the same about the metal Alon model in comparison to their own , if the Coupe Capers newsletter is anything to go by ! |