Example sentences of "[modal v] be mistaken for " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the pick-up truck , if we learned to smoke roll-ups and wore denim jackets over our fleecy tops , we might be mistaken for locals . |
| 2 | Harry believed it , too , and pity from Isambard was something he could not and would not bear ; the mere thought of giving his enemy that satisfaction made his jaws set desperately to prevent the emergence of even one word or sound that might be mistaken for an appeal . |
| 3 | Poppy seeds sprinkled on bread as a flavouring have a disconcerting tendency to react chemically in the same way as the extract of the opium poppy , so that a worker could be mistaken for a heroin user because of what he ate for breakfast . |
| 4 | Toyota has so much cash that it could be mistaken for a mini-bank , not a carmaker . |
| 5 | The pragmatist might acknowledge this point but would offer the further thought that , under normal circumstances , it is unlikely that a flea 's stray garment could be mistaken for anything else , and that the flea. its garments and any other intimately associated paraphernalia would be more sensibly and helpfully handled as a single record . |
| 6 | Hence their wariness of any human concepts about God which threatened to become a new idolatry that could be mistaken for the reality itself . |
| 7 | As Thomas Reid remarked , in a passage that could be mistaken for one by the twentieth-century Oxford philosopher J. L. Austin : |
| 8 | This makes it difficult to see how the judgement could be mistaken for a sensation . |
| 9 | In future when I land at anything other than properly documented airfields I will ask the question : Are there any other runways or strips that look like runways in the vicinity that could be mistaken for the active runway ? |
| 10 | However , what is altogether remarkable is the way in which these rough working-class youths who donned Ted suits in the 1950s , and slicked back their hair in a greasy imitation of Elvis Presley , could be mistaken for the children of the ‘ affluent society ’ . |
| 11 | After being endlessly reassured that , ‘ it 's not the tractor , it 's how long he stays out that field ploughing , ’ we give up craving a member that could be mistaken for the Eiffel Tower . |
| 12 | At first glance it could be mistaken for an ornately carved stool , its black and white surfaces for a kind of sculpture . |
| 13 | Not very gregarious , and could be mistaken for small courser when running on ground ; when it stops it does not squat but stands erect . |
| 14 | The features of the jaw resemble A. otteri and if the disk is missing A. abyssorum could be mistaken for it . |
| 15 | You could be mistaken for thinking that on the other side of the plain red door is another harbour based company . |
| 16 | I can think of at least half a dozen of Henry 's courtiers who could be mistaken for the King . ’ |
| 17 | I hope that figure is right er , I have to confess that I have not added it up and er the copy that I have , the five and the nine could be mistaken for other figures , but I hope that there the right figures to that must be added first the general damages a calculation which like all by other calculations need to be carefully checked , I would er calculate the interest on general damages to date would be five thousand , two hundred and seven pounds future care totals six hundred and twelve thousand , five hundred and seventeen pounds suitable accommodation , seventy one thousand , one hundred and fifty two pounds , transport costs thirty nine thousand , eight hundred and sixty six pounds , that makes a total of one million , two hundred and six thousand , three hundred and thirty eight pounds that is the amount which I would be minding to award , I understand that the parties in the light of that would wish to have further discussions about the matter |
| 18 | La Paz : It 's a city of shining skyscrapers where the wealthy industrialists and politicians enjoy life in a suburb which could be mistaken for Los Angeles . |
| 19 | The yellow powders from some manufacturers are acceptable but some degreasers are marketed as white powders and may be mistaken for food ingredients . |
| 20 | Sometimes , if on the right side , the abdominal pain associated with LGV may be mistaken for acute appendicitis . |
| 21 | Not all threads indicate urethritis , as collections of mucus and the secretions of the various glands can all produce ‘ bits ’ in the urine which may be mistaken for evidence of inflammation or infection if there is no microscopic examination . |
| 22 | 5.5 shall not during or after the expiry or termination of this Agreement without the prior written consent of , use or adopt any name , trade name , trading style or commercial designation that includes or is similar to or may be mistaken for the whole or any part of any trade name , trade mark , trading style or commercial designation used by . |
| 23 | Sometimes they will complete tasks more slowly , owing to a slower rate of informational input ( Mason and Tobin , 1986 ) , but this need not necessarily reflect a reduced level of comprehension , although it may be mistaken for this . |
| 24 | This is made worse by the fact that using the wrong one ( such as ‘ no ’ when the keyname is expecting ‘ false ’ ) may be mistaken for ‘ true ’ . |
| 25 | Ophiomedea duplicata may be mistaken for a juvenile Ophiotrema alberti , it differs from that species by the following characters ; the jaw shape is as wide as long not longer than wide as in O. alberti ; there are fewer oral papillae and oral tentacle scales than in O. alberti , the ventral arm plates are bell shaped with a distinctly widened distal edge , the ventral arm plates of O. alberti being more pentagonal or rectangular with rounded edges and the distal edge indented but not widened . |
| 26 | Fermi resonance thus introduces additional strong bands , which may be mistaken for fundamentals ; it also affects the apparent frequencies of fundamentals involved . |
| 27 | Although pain and dysphagia suggest the diagnosis of intramural haematoma , symptoms may be mistaken for an oesophageal perforation , a myocardial infarct , or a dissecting aortic aneurysm . |
| 28 | To the outsider they would be mistaken for smartly uniformed security guards rather than the trained storm-troopers they were . |
| 29 | The peril is that intentions will be mistaken for plans and thus not be in a sufficiently doable form . |
| 30 | If it is caught without the credentials which truth alone supplies , faith knows it will be mistaken for fantasy or for wish-fulfillment . |