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| if sth. is anything to go by | если судить по (An early and dramatic UFO landing took place in October 1952, a country seemingly much favoured by UFOs in the 1950s, if the quantity of sighting reports is anything to go by. (Janet & Colin Bord, "Unexplained Mysteries of The 20th Century") -- если судить по количеству ART Vancouver) |
| if past experience is anything to go by | как показывает практика (VLZ_58) |