Example sentences of "[coord] [was/were] aware [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | We had wonderful and devoted parents and were always sure of a safe , secure background and were aware that we children mattered more to them than anything else . |
2 | Many children had a partial understanding of the process of evaporation and were aware that the decrease in water level was in some way connected to the sun and heat . |
3 | It no longer functioned as a club ; members could not understand what all the others were up to , and were aware that the interests of physicists and of biologists might be opposed . |
4 | The overwhelming vote in favour showed that deputies were weary of the arguments which had raged since May , and were aware that a decision was needed urgently if the country was to stand a chance of warding off imminent economic collapse . |
5 | They were also in a test situation , and were aware that the passages they were reading were to be followed by questions . |
6 | Bryant hesitated a moment : he knew Pascoe well , and was aware that he did not take easily to unsolicited advice . |
7 | Goff thought that Minton , consciously or unconsciously , divided his friends into two categories , serious and fun — and was aware that he belonged to the first . |
8 | Edward had conceived and arranged the exhibition himself and was aware that it lacked verve : he was not good at these things . |
9 | Einstein , himself something of a mystic , discovered that time collapses into a ‘ point ’ at the speed of light and was aware that Indian sacred texts — the Tantras — maintain that the soul is a sublime point of the light of consciousness . |
10 | She turned from him on the words and was aware that her tone had risen at the last . |
11 | The district was quite prepared to " tweak the unit 's tail " by using competition at the margins to get better performance from its own acute hospital , and was aware that this would force the unit management to challenge its clinicians more forcefully than in the past . |
12 | Thus political leaders of lesser developed countries found themselves part of a government that had officially accepted a family planning programme or soil conservation programme ( or both ) , but were aware that there was widespread opposition locally to both . |
13 | Lee spoke simply , positively , but was aware that she wanted to hit Philippa . |
14 | Tonks has for months been juggling the possibility of an All Black tour to South Africa next year — something close to his heart — but was aware that the continuing divisions between the rugby groups in the Republic made such a tour impossible . |
15 | She would , I knew , have liked to categorise the shortcomings of her supplanter 's domestic arrangements but was aware that it would seem too much like jealous triumph . |
16 | She tried to make it sound casual but was aware that her tone had risen slightly . |