Example sentences of "[pron] [is] [adv] mistake " in BNC.
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| 1 | For whatever reason , British society places much emphasis on solidarity with others rather than competition between individuals , and it is this phenomenon which is often mistaken for class ’ |
| 2 | On the contrary , they are speculation and interpretation congealed into a tradition , and it is this tradition which is constantly mistaken for fact . |
| 3 | A general characteristic of the feminine psyche is to seek confirmation and approval from others , and when these are not forthcoming , it is tempting for the woman to think that she is totally mistaken . |
| 4 | Any view of RE that sees a split between a feelings/affective approach and a thinking/cerebral one is seriously mistaken , for both are involved all the time and can not be separated . |
| 5 | But there is no mistaking the fact that the First Division door has been left ajar . |
| 6 | If all goes well , Beech Road will start at 2-1 or less at Cheltenham as there is no mistaking his superiority . |
| 7 | There is no mistaking the James Jamerson influence in the syncopated sixteenth note phrasing here , with various chromatic ideas incorporated into the melodic element . |
| 8 | A trust officer said : ‘ There is no mistaking their croak . |
| 9 | Some of the gaps must be due to chance , but there is no mistaking the insularity of interest which these volumes display . |
| 10 | Perhaps he could do little else , but there is no mistaking the magnanimity of the spirit in which he wrote the following reply to one question which had been sent to him during his exile . |
| 11 | There is no mistaking the enthusiasm which drives these initiatives and the real commitment to providing a " user-centred " service . |
| 12 | There is no mistaking the physical menace in the soft but grinding discord which announces Balstrode 's " Look , the storm cone " , or the thrill of fear in his fugue theme " Now the flood tide " [ 7 ] , with its opening minor second , which is picked up by the entire chorus and worked into one of those overwhelming Verdian ensembles which climax the first scene of each act . |
| 13 | If the answer leads very naturally to the truth , it is nevertheless mistaken , as is shown by the philosophically familiar but evergreen fact that certain items constitute an instance of such a uniform connection or constant conjunction , but the second is not the effect of the first . |
| 14 | It is moreover mistaken to view the twentieth century cases which limited natural justice through manipulation of the administrative-judicial dichotomy as doing so primarily because of a feeling that those categorised as administrative would be unsuited to adjudicative procedures . |
| 15 | If he thinks we are going to return to the old trick of frightening people into the ballot box by raising red bogeys or fascist bogeys , then he is sadly mistaken , ’ he said in an interview on BBC Breakfast News . |
| 16 | If at the moment he speaks he thinks he is meeting his child in a land of real stones and tree-stumps , he is sadly mistaken ; if he realises he is not , then already a touch of grief is creeping back into consolation . |
| 17 | But as we have just seen , Strawson gives us reason to think that it can not be explicable in just this sense , and he is therefore mistaken in concluding that a holist theory would involve us in responding objectively to all actions . |