Example sentences of "experience be anything to go by " in BNC.
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| 1 | There seems to have been a generally similar scheme of attack , if similarities to the Kentish experience are anything to go by . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Sir , — It is not surprising that the Tories lost so many seats , if my experience is anything to go by . |
| 7 | However , if booksellers ' experience is anything to go by , the desired improvement in sales came earlier than expected . |
| 8 | Adjectives will creep in , if my own experience is anything to go by . |
| 9 | The installation of surveillance cameras also seems to work , if Airdrie 's experience is anything to go by . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |