Example sentences of "could be mistake for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Toyota has so much cash that it could be mistaken for a mini-bank , not a carmaker . |
| 3 | This makes it difficult to see how the judgement could be mistaken for a sensation . |
| 4 | Hence their wariness of any human concepts about God which threatened to become a new idolatry that could be mistaken for the reality itself . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | 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 ’ . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I can think of at least half a dozen of Henry 's courtiers who could be mistaken for the King . ’ |
| 9 | At first glance it could be mistaken for an ornately carved stool , its black and white surfaces for a kind of sculpture . |