Example sentences of "[noun sg] can be mistake for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heavy drinking can be mistaken for a symptom of depression , rather than its cause . |
| 2 | One hole can often look much like the next , and a newly dug or outlying sett can be mistaken for a fox 's earth . |
| 3 | Sometimes the lines of alternative paths further down the hillside can be mistaken for terracing . |
| 4 | Incorrect diagnosis , not the virus itself , can be the killer , since Fish Pox can be mistaken for bacterial , fungal or protozoan problems . |
| 5 | This greyish film can be mistaken for fungal infection . |
| 6 | It is only by overlooking details of the presentation of the monk within the verse and taking a very generalized and abstract view of the plot , as the Host does , that the monk can be mistaken for any sort of comic rogue . |