Example sentences of "[noun] [be] anything to go by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The contribution which the College makes directly to the development of librarianship and allied subjects in the further education sector in Wales is however limited , if the evidence of the research interests of the staff and the published list of student projects are anything to go by . |
| 2 | Indeed , the colour of your breeches is very important , at least , if the rules are anything to go by . |
| 3 | There seems to have been a generally similar scheme of attack , if similarities to the Kentish experience are anything to go by . |
| 4 | Mehdi Moghadassi If past performances are anything to go by , this should be quite a disturbing work . |
| 5 | ‘ You come under the sign for twins , if this card is anything to go by , ’ he said , picking up the card Myra had sent . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | If the after-Malta optimism is anything to go by , Europe may end up selling its costly fighter to Middle Eastern potentates . |
| 8 | If the after-Malta optimism is anything to go by , Europe may end up selling its costly fighter to Middle Eastern potentates . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | If our test car is anything to go by , though , the cracks might be beginning to show . |
| 11 | If this year 's hairy , cosmically-inclined fest is anything to go by , Reading ‘ 93 will be alarmingly similar to Reading ‘ 73 , where ten-minute tom tom solos meet spliffed-up , spaced-out poses , the Glam lies down on that boggy broadway where the Salvation Army tent provides soup and a roll for ten pence and Manic Street Preachers are the punk rock of the future . |
| 12 | Nursing may have gone through massive changes in the past years , but the humour — and image of the nurse — appears to have remained remarkably constant ( or stagnant ? ) , if these postcards are anything to go by . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | DROPPING your aitches is something of a crime if My Fair Lady is anything to go by , and the game that her fair ladyship the Queen was playing in last week 's Echo Memories had indeed committed that crime . |
| 15 | If this scene was anything to go by , Kruger would have him in a cellar with the waters slowly rising . |
| 16 | In this case , her thought processes were negative , seeking before all else to draw suspicion away from Barney but lacking the vital scene-of-crime evidence which , if Harris 's attitude was anything to go by , pointed strongly at his guilt . |
| 17 | She felt a frisson of gratitude at his thoughtfulness ; then , reminded absurdly of Ethel ( who had not so much wanted to be a bridesmaid , as to be asked ) : It is not that I look forward to it , she thought , if Frank was anything to go by , but at least I would expect to be , tonight , a little irresistible … |
| 18 | But if these last couple of weeks are anything to go by , I 'm never going to know any peace , never stop burning , never be able to take an interest in anyone until this thing between us has run its course . ’ |
| 19 | IF the last 20 years are anything to go by , in the year 2001 first class stamp will cost 96p , says Prudential — Britain 's biggest insurance company . |
| 20 | If the first ten years are anything to go by , they are well on the way to their target . |
| 21 | The room would be packed shoulder-to-shoulder and the show , if previous years were anything to go by , would probably be okay . |
| 22 | Indeed , if the existing track record is anything to go by , aid is probably detrimental . |
| 23 | That may not be too far off if the progress of the last 50 years is anything to go by . |
| 24 | If Nils was anything to go by , he might . |
| 25 | If Keith Wright 's performance in this match was anything to go by , then he will certainly be glad when Jackson is back riding shotgun with him in the Hibs attack . |
| 26 | Exactly why Burton is so interested in Wood is yet to be revealed , but if some of the crankier bits of Scissorhands are anything to go by , he 's just managed to lift himself above that level … |
| 27 | Well , if the scenes of Fred 's bar in Soho are anything to go by , the answer must be a resounding ‘ No way ! ’ |
| 28 | But , if sterling 's performance against the US dollar and West German mark is anything to go by , the worry of 16 per cent base rates will continue . |
| 29 | But if the way he treated Professor Liawski was anything to go by , I bet his mother would have had trouble finding something good to say about him . |
| 30 | If Elise 's diary was anything to go by , their affair had finished three weeks before her death . |