Example sentences of "[verb] [been] aware " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was n't a discovery exactly , because it 's something humanity has been aware of in metaphor and myth since … well , forever , I guess . |
| 2 | The former head of stone and sculpture conservation at the Victoria and Albert Museum has been aware of the problems since a visit he made to Agra in 1985 . |
| 3 | ( The General Register Office in Edinburgh has been aware of the few errors in the Scottish data ) . |
| 4 | Margaret McGregor , convener of the district council 's women 's committee , said : ‘ The women 's committee has been aware for some time that there are a lack of resources and refuge spaces for women fleeing violent situations . ’ |
| 5 | I was just as mystified , but then , I could n't explain how I 'd been aware of her presence on our previous visit . |
| 6 | ‘ Hi , Cameron , ’ he said , and I knew then he 'd been aware of me all the time . |
| 7 | Yet Mrs Blakey continued to sense the unease she 'd been aware of on the telephone , which she 'd first of all sensed when she 'd looked out of the landing window and seen the boy with the children in the garden . |
| 8 | He had n't had to suffer as much as her — I do n't so much mean that , like fishes , his pain threshold was higher than a human being 's ( although I do n't doubt that was the case ) as that he 'd been aware that his son was missing for a shorter period than his wife . |
| 9 | Leo was probably fun to be with , a great companion , a good friend , she thought , then gave a wry chagrined smile as he turned towards her as though he 'd been aware of her presence all along — and she might have known he would n't do anything so obliging as to walk off . |
| 10 | All evening she 'd been aware of him not only as the uncle of the delinquent who had abducted Suzie , but also on a separate level she had no wish to analyse . |
| 11 | All during the meal , she 'd been aware of his eyes on her across the table , the warmth in them as tangible as a caressing hand . |
| 12 | If their argument is worth tuppence it means that the people in the Markets area must have been aware of the inscriptions … before they in fact took the steps they did . |
| 13 | As a member of the Scottish side that qualified for the 1986 World Cup , he would also have been aware that it was a heart attack that claimed Jock Stein 's life at Cardiff in September 1985 . |
| 14 | Few will previously have been aware that it started out leaning the other way , then righted itself , and — after a 100-year gap when the money ran out — went into reverse . |
| 15 | What is know of Gordon Thomas — all to little — makes this unlikely since he was an ambitious man with a strong personality who would certainly have been aware of the advantages of publicity both for himself and the lift . |
| 16 | It is certain that the Leapors would have been aware of the changes going on around them , especially since Philip Leapor would have been hired for landscaping projects . |
| 17 | With the coming of civilisation and the beginning of this , the third of the Three Periods into which the reader is reminded the explanation of the Created God is divided , man was on the threshold of the era of his greatest testing , even though at that time he may not have been aware of it . |
| 18 | The compilers of the English dictionary may not have been aware of , or may have chosen to ignore , Ayrshire 's legendary claim to King Cole . |
| 19 | The traditional peoples in the world today , such as the Australian aborigines , are profoundly and naturally psychic and it is at least reasonable therefore to speculate that the ancient peoples were similarly sensitive , and would have been aware of earth energies as a natural part of their environment . |
| 20 | It appears that the scent of these oils can affect the etheric body , perhaps creating the right atmosphere for particular states of consciousness , and ancient peoples may have been aware of this . |
| 21 | I am sure a large number of our readers will have been aware of the advertising and inserts for The Modern Amateur Electronics Manual , previously available from WEKA Publishing , and advertised extensively in a wide range of hobbyist and technical media . |
| 22 | Nor could she have been aware of the matey tap with which the russet radical awoke the aforementioned scribe in the morning , a cup of tea grasped in his proletarian fist . |
| 23 | Savory Milln should have been aware that Mr Ferriday would try and cover his liabilities from whatever funds he had access to , yet it had made no inquiries as to the source of the £13.5m or how Mr Ferriday had managed to meet his own underwriting obligations . |
| 24 | It should therefore have been aware of the danger that he would try to cover his liabilities from whatever funds he had access to ( Eagle 's funds ) , but that it made no inquiries about the source of the monies or how he had met his obligations . |
| 25 | In particular , Caparo suggested that the auditors were or should have been aware of the fall in Fidelity 's share price during March and of its need for financial assistance . |
| 26 | In these circumstances , it was suggested that the auditors should have been aware that Fidelity was vulnerable to a takeover bid and that any possible bidder such as Caparo would be likely to rely on the accounts when deciding whether a bid should be made and that loss would be suffered by such a bidder if the accounts were inaccurate . |
| 27 | The Tribunal found , however , that no employee had ever been told that the practice could result in dismissal and the practice had continued , although management trying to impose the change may not have been aware that it continued . |
| 28 | The son of a wealthy London merchant , Lethieullier was a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries ; he knew both William and John Hunter , who in turn must have been aware of his collection of Egyptian antiquities , amongst which were some mummies brought back from Egypt to Aldersbrook by Lethieullier 's cousin , Colonel William Lethieullier . |
| 29 | In such circumstances , the counsellor will often find that invaluable help and information can be obtained from relatives and friends , who may have been aware of the personal circumstances , but perhaps unaware of their full significance at the time . |
| 30 | For the purposes of mens rea or the mental state of the accused , where his awareness is impaired by intoxicants he shall be taken to be aware of that which he would have been aware if not intoxicated , unless he shows either that his intoxication was not self-induced or that it was caused solely by the taking or administration of a substance in the course of medical treatment ( Section 6(5) ) . |