Example sentences of "[was/were] aware that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With an infinitesimal lift of the eyebrow , Toby provided these things , but both men were aware that battle lines were being drawn . |
| 2 | Most organisations surveyed were aware that hepatitis B is spread by blood-to-blood contact ; however , not all realised that it can also be transmitted through other body fluids . |
| 3 | The living were aware that death would come and claim them and aware of the power of the dead in the hereafter . |
| 4 | So Left-wing Labour MPs were aware that devolution could make yet more obstacles to the achievement of their long-term aims . |
| 5 | Midshipman Callender 's friends no doubt were aware that efficiency united to interest was the strongest claim to promotion in the navy , and Lord Keith 's correspondence abounds in references to interest being a motive in bringing a man forward in the service : ‘ I have made McKenzie a lieutenant into the Rattlesnake ; he was a friend of Mr. Dunsmuress and recommended by Lord Elphinstone to me , so I am glad to have served him ’ , a comment which suggests that the admiral was influenced by something more than Mr. McKenzie 's personal abilities . |
| 6 | Having seen Faldo retain the title in 1990 , Woosnam was aware that lightning could strike twice , metaphorically on this course as well as literally , as it had done on Saturday and threatened to do again yesterday . |
| 7 | Just as he had been wont to do as a boy , so this morning after waking , he had lain and thought of the day ahead and what he had to do in it , and he was aware that life had taken on a tinge of colour . |
| 8 | Knowing her aunt , Luce was aware that excitement and speculation were raging beneath that calm tone . |
| 9 | I was aware that building societies are in the habit of launching new products from time to time , primarily to attract new investors . |
| 10 | While I saw no justification for positive discrimination in the coffee queue , I was aware that prejudice can stem from the most unexpected beginnings . |
| 11 | Winans was aware that Journal policy was to keep the contents of the column secret prior to publication and that the contents of the column were regarded as the Journal 's confidential information . |
| 12 | I was aware that austerity had taken over in England and that a lot of things were shoddy , but I desperately wished my wife had something better to wear . |
| 13 | When Franco composed his first post-war cabinet , in August 1939 , he was aware that confrontation was imminent in Europe , so his choices also reflected a desire to balance these conflicts of external sympathies . |