Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [been] aware of " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , in that case the defendants had been aware of the plaintiff 's medical evidence and to avoid possible objections at trial it is good practice to amend to plead any substantial changes to the plaintiff 's claim . |
| 2 | The blond man had nodded a greeting to her , and Carol had been aware of his appraising gaze . |
| 3 | The Miller spokeswoman confirmed that Sainsbury had been aware of the plans , and that as it was a non-retail development , there would be no conflict of interest . |
| 4 | If the Policyholder had been aware of the faulty roof for some time and had taken no action to prevent damage to the home , there may have been a breach of the reasonable care condition . |
| 5 | If a friend was visiting the Policyholder and tripped over a loose carpet there could be liability subject to the Policyholder being negligent , ie if the Policyholder had been aware of the loose carpet for some time and had done nothing to prevent an accident happening . |
| 6 | Belinda blurted dismissively , disturbed to find that Tom had been aware of at least some of Greg 's attentions to her that evening . |
| 7 | One of those under investigation , former Interior Minister Andras Benkei described the allegations as " rubbish " , but the Hungarian daily Magyar Nemzet alleged that Carlos and members of his group had stayed in Hungary several times in the late 1970s and early 1980s and that leading communist officials had been aware of their presence . |
| 8 | Carey had been aware of the anxiety in Ellwood 's voice when he spoke of Piper and deadlines . |
| 9 | Ever since entering the hulk Jaq had been aware of daemonic shielding . |
| 10 | Again the two brothers were pushing at each other and as they all mounted the steps Ellen stepped and walked by the side of her son , something she was in the habit of doing whenever they were in company , and which Joe had been aware of from the time she had recovered after his uncle 's death . |
| 11 | To make the recognition now was not to deny that she and her father had been aware of their flaws and petty vices ; but to consider themselves only commonly fallible was less than half the tale . |
| 12 | They were talking , very movingly , about John Lennon 's death , and about how Ringo had been aware of John 's presence since . |
| 13 | It was the first time Jess had been aware of seeing her standing . |
| 14 | Afterwards he said that the South African government had been aware of Duli 's intentions but had failed to warn him . |
| 15 | Fourth cousins by marriage , the girls had been aware of each other for much longer and had a number of friends in common . |
| 16 | Chief Superintendent Ken Mackay , in charge of the operation , said police had been aware of the large number of City supporters planning to arrive from Friday . |
| 17 | When painting Cornish scenes Minton had been aware of the precedent set by Christopher Wood and The Times rightly saw in The Harbour an attempt to translate a Christopher Wood theme ‘ into the tragic idiom of modern painters ’ . |
| 18 | Dedicated kite flyers had been aware of the Sanjo Rokkaku for ages , largely through Tal Streeter 's excellent book The Art of the Japanese Kite ( Weatherhill , New York 1974 ) in which he vividly described a visit to Toranosuke Watanabe , the Shirone kite maker who specialised , as did generations of his family before him , in making these hexagonal Rokkaku fighters . |
| 19 | Traders buying nutmegs and doves from Arabian merchants had been aware of their existence for centuries ; Marco Polo knew roughly where they were , for he saw junk traffic in the ports of Cathay loaded down with spices and manned by suntanned crews who had clearly come there from the south . |
| 20 | Other recent prime ministers had been aware of the shortcomings of policy advice from Whitehall , but none had acquired the almost visceral distrust which characterized some of the early Thatcher advisers . |
| 21 | If Cooke P. had been aware of the true position he could not have denied to the petitioner an appeal to the Board as of right on the ground that the cancellation issue remained alive . |