Example sentences of "[adv] aware that [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 We must , in , be constantly aware that correlation , a systematic relationship between two variables X and Y , does not imply causation ; it may be that a change in a characteristic or variable X causes a change in another variable Y , it might be that a change in Y causes a change in X , it might be that they both affect each other , or it might be that neither affects the other , but that a change in a further variable , Z , is responsible for the changes in both X and Y.
2 I was not aware that circumcision might be a painful , controversial , and perhaps an unethical procedure , but I planned the next attempt in compliance with the editor 's requests .
3 Indeed I am not aware that MoD has yet reported any doses .
4 ( b ) he is not guilty of murder by reason only of the fact that , because of voluntary intoxication he is not aware that death may be caused or believes that an exemplary circumstance exists ; or
5 The Birkett committee of 1937 which examined the question of abortion was informed that many working-class women were not aware that abortion was illegal .
6 Concerned by what he had seen , but not aware that disaster was imminent , he telephoned the colliery Manager at his home ; the Manager instructed that a fence be erected around the subsidence .
7 The researchers were already aware that choice of subject matter determined much of the degree of interest shown in any programme .
8 Although generally aware that bran , wholemeal bread ( which has less of its fibre stripped away in the milling process than white bread ) and muesli-type mixtures are rich sources of fibre , most people used to find it difficult to know where to locate that healthy high-fibre food .
9 There is no doubt too that parents have become more aware that immunisation can carry a risk of adverse reaction and this has been most publicised in relation to the whooping cough vaccine .
10 Daily we are becoming more aware that AIDS is as much a development issue as it is a health issue .
11 Is he also aware that bloodstock is subject to a far higher rate of VAT than in this country in France or in Ireland ?
12 Unless you are actually underwater , you may be dimly aware that music is playing poolside .
13 Often we are not even aware that fear is affecting our lives because we are so conditioned to living with it .
14 I dislike doing this as I 'm well aware that defiance of authority is a bad example to the cast .
15 Pitt-Rivers was well aware that excavation destroys evidence as it uncovers it , and so he kept meticulous records .
16 You should be well aware that evolution can only be viewed with hindsight , and whether our species ' rapacious predatory record will prove successful in the long term can only be speculation .
17 This Tony Bowran clearly has no intention of being , as he is well aware that art directors are constantly on the look out for new styles and new approaches to make their clients ' products visually jump off the page .
18 People are well aware that smoking can lead to cancers and diseases of the heart and lungs .
19 Perez says he is well aware that expert systems have n't lived up to the promises and claims that were being made for the technology three or four years ago , but claims Neuron Data was well aware of its limitations at the time and was already busy putting Open Interface together .
20 ‘ I am well aware that criticism is levelled at the MEP by classroom teachers who argue that too little has penetrated to the level of the teacher from the programme , ’ said Roger Conibear , director of the programme 's unit in the West Midlands .
21 This was because the scientific elite of the Athenaeum , on whom the correspondents relied , were well aware that research on controlled thermonuclear reactions was already being furtively pursued in a few British laboratories .
22 And why use 15 when you are well aware that room is only used at night when the department is crowded ? ’
23 Well aware that Candy was fishing , Rory shook her head just a touch too decisively , then bit her lip .
24 During my relatively short period as a city detective , I was implicitly aware that quality had to be sacrificed to quantity , for the ‘ arrest list ’ was checked monthly and the numerical totals counted .
25 Rousseau was keenly aware that majority decisions , or even unanimous ones , are not necessarily right — right , that is , not only according to the moral criteria of any particular individual but from the point of view of the good of the community itself .
26 But Mr Salinas 's people are acutely aware that lack of competition and cosiness with the state have resulted in the squandering of billions and led to insufficient capital investment .
27 Some ministers admit privately that unemployment could continue to rise for another 18 months and they are acutely aware that fear of unemployment could hold back spending and delay any economic recovery .
28 ‘ But assuming that the Queen 's health continues to be good , Prince Charles will be well into middle age himself , and will be very aware that history could repeat itself if he puts William through all those ghastly years of waiting that he has gone through .
29 Much of Hollywood 's mass audience would have been oblivious to this but intelligent and respectable film-goers must have been very aware that society was shaping their film-going .
30 ‘ We were all too aware that exhaustion would be a problem in the second half . ’
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