Example sentences of "be anything to go by " in BNC.
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| 1 | But 1940 would surely have been a different tale , if 1937 and 1938 were anything to go by . |
| 2 | If the pages of press coverage , including a Times leader , were anything to go by , the Granada 500 could be considered to be one of the most prestigious and important election programmes of this campaign . |
| 3 | If the rest of the media were anything to go by , you 'd assume that most women were at each other 's throats . |
| 4 | The room would be packed shoulder-to-shoulder and the show , if previous years were anything to go by , would probably be okay . |
| 5 | But , if first impressions were anything to go by , one thing it would not be : boring . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 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 the Australian experience is anything to go by , the cost here to government , employers and insurance companies could soon run into millions of pounds . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | INVESTMENTS could soon be sold like whiter-than-white washing powder if the latest Personal Equity Plan launch is anything to go by . |
| 14 | If the after-Malta optimism is anything to go by , Europe may end up selling its costly fighter to Middle Eastern potentates . |
| 15 | If the after-Malta optimism is anything to go by , Europe may end up selling its costly fighter to Middle Eastern potentates . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | For some the only problem encountered with dogs is getting the brown stuff out of their outsoles , but dogs are clearly more of a pest than this , if our postbag is anything to go by . |
| 20 | If the past is anything to go by , the position will change but little , and the caveat emptor ( buyer beware ) principle will prevail . |
| 21 | And rather than iron out the problems , the Government is intending to add to them if the latest secondary legislation Consultation Paper — Permitted Use Rights In The Countryside — is anything to go by . |
| 22 | How Bunce Court got through the war it is hard to imagine , but get through it did and with flying colours , if the testimony of former pupils is anything to go by . |
| 23 | 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 ! |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | The North Londoners have been loitering on the ‘ average ’ line for a few years now , and finally they 're staggering towards a state of ‘ alrightness ’ if the harmonious ‘ Doodle ’ is anything to go by . |
| 30 | 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 . |