Example sentences of "[was/were] aware that the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , ministers were aware that the Government 's own actions had contributed to the recession . |
| 2 | Though the authorities do not seem to have been aware of the scale and significance of capital flows within the sterling area , they were aware that the exchange controls in that area were not all that London hoped . |
| 3 | All three were aware that the King and Queen had , after four years of war , come to represent to their subjects all that was best in the domestic and public virtues , and that there had been current for some time an idea of presenting to them a gift as a mark of national respect , thanks and loyalty . |
| 4 | As we have seen , the first Christians were aware that the Spirit of the Messiah had come to indwell them . |
| 5 | See , we 'd given away all our oil , so we did n't need any barrels , and they were aware that the oil was a storage problem . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | We were aware that the reception tank was undermaintained but not , we thought , dangerously so . |
| 8 | One of the reasons for using a recognition task was that it seemed less likely than the first study which used a recall test to be biased by the fact that subjects were aware that the study was concerned with risk . |
| 9 | In other words , Barro assumes that rational agents over the period were aware that the rate of growth of the quantity of money was being determined by the process described in equation ( 6.7 ) , and were using their knowledge of that process and the coefficients involved in it to predict future monetary growth . |
| 10 | The Dogon were aware that the planet Saturn had rings and that the planet Jupiter had four moons , which are pieces of information that can not be obtained without the use of a telescope — an artefact the Dogon have yet to discover . |
| 11 | She was aware that the pumping of her heart was almost deafening and that the hands in her lap were clenched unnaturally tight . |
| 12 | Weber was aware that the development of capitalism not only necessitated the bureaucratization of organizations , particularly those which formed the administrative apparatus of the state . |
| 13 | The big man was n't given to introspection and he certainly was n't known for his sensitivity but even he was aware that the conversation had somehow been wrong , that it should n't have taken place , not with Martin . |
| 14 | Thus in Smith v Hughes ( 1871 ) LR 6 QB 597 , it was held that the seller of oats could not hold the buyer to the contract of sale if the seller was aware that the buyer was intending to accept an offer to sell oats warranted to be old , where , in fact , the seller was not intending to give any such warranty . |
| 15 | I ca n't recall as to the exact time when I learned of that instruction , but I was aware that the instruction had been given |
| 16 | The commission admits it was aware that the ad could cause problems but felt the spy spoof treatment killed ‘ any atmosphere of threat or malice ’ . |
| 17 | By contrast with the offence of assaulting the police in the execution of their duty , it is clear that the prosecutor must show that the defendant was aware that the person obstructed was a constable . |
| 18 | I was aware that the threshold of the audience 's suspension of disbelief lay far below mine ; and that the aching gap between the supposed humour of the script and their exaggerated response was minuscule when set beside that which already separated my reality from theirs . |
| 19 | I was summoned to the matron ( the then equivalent of director of nursing services ) who thanked me for telling her , but asked whether I was aware that the consultant was the most senior in the faculty , and probably one of the world 's most eminent ? |
| 20 | She was aware that the colour that flooded her cheeks could n't be blamed on reflection from her sweater . |
| 21 | Otis Ferguson was aware that the film depicted a ‘ phony strike ’ and that there was no real analysis of labour-management problems but he still felt that it had ‘ this air of life whatever we may think of its social content ’ . |
| 22 | I would acknowledge that : ( i ) I was aware that the Board was seeking production of the documents the subject of the notice from the defendant for the purpose of its supervisory functions over the defendant , and ( ii ) if the Bank had not received the information about the subject matter of that investigation the Bank would not have issued the notice . |
| 23 | He was aware that the circuit direction had recently changed and that there was no A/G radio service . |
| 24 | From a vague distance she was aware that the rain continued unabated , but it could n't touch her . |
| 25 | The postal workers ' trade union publicly announced that it had decided to forbid its members to handle a particular class of mail and that it was aware that the action would be a breach of the law . |
| 26 | Carolyn was aware that the woman was making conversation with her . |
| 27 | About 11 p. m. he was aware that the wind was getting up and was buffeting the wooden signalbox . |
| 28 | He was aware that the house needed money spending on it ; on its fabric apart from the more obvious need for modernisation and redecoration . |
| 29 | He was aware that the professor was deeply involved in the burgeoning poetry movement of Canada , chiefly in the form of ‘ the little books and magazines ’ which were in the van of the movement . |
| 30 | As ever , he was aware that the occupant was listening for him , was perhaps aware even now of his presence there . |