Example sentences of "[noun prp] be [adv] aware " in BNC.

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1 Teachers like Hardy were well aware of the need for adaptions of the kind which Davies associates with a wider shift from " authoritive monologue " to open-ended conversation . "
2 For Wilson , as both she and Branson were acutely aware , was a key figure in Virgin 's defence .
3 Indeed , most of the classic pluralist writers , such as Truman and Dahl were acutely aware of inequalities in the distribution of power and the relationship between these inequalities and social and economic status .
4 The other reason is that Sir David is well aware that the sort of low-grade ‘ sex scandal ’ which is grist to the mil of the News of the Screws will not do in a paper that speaks to the Better Bred .
5 And she also knew that Dr Neil was well aware of why she had done what she did , and she knew something else — he was not only sorry for McAllister , but was even sorrier for Mrs Darrell , as well , a widow who had lost her husband in the most cruel circumstances , and for whom he knew that he would never offer , despite his pity for her .
6 But 1906 was the year in which consciousness of so-called ‘ primitive ’ art began to affect and colour the aesthetic concerns and standards of young French artists , and Picasso was certainly aware of it by then .
7 By the age of six , Richard was well aware of the beguiling property of personal concern .
8 Well aware that it was a game to Richard — a pretence with which to pass the empty hours — and that it was to Anne , rather than Joan , he was in this instance referring , such comments never failed to annoy Edward — as Richard was well aware .
9 Mr de Klerk said Mr Mandela was fully aware of the proposed releases , lending substance to the belief that the world 's most famous political prisoner has played a decisive negotiating role with the government way beyond the political limitations normally placed on prisoners .
10 Lucy was also aware that Doreen 's previous anger appeared to have vanished as she carried refilled plates back to the long table , where she chatted and laughed with the men and the two guides .
11 Branson was fully aware that even if the Americans decided to grant permission , it was likely that it would not be given until a day or two before the flight — retaliatory treatment for the way the British government had delayed until the eleventh hour and fifty-ninth minute permission for People Express to fly into Britain .
12 TI was well aware of the risks of mounting a hostile takeover — the £497m bid for Dowty was the first it had attempted since its joint bid for British Aluminium in 1959 .
13 She suggests that Freud was fully aware of the extent of patriarchal power .
14 This was , in fact , standard practice and Barratt was fully aware of it .
15 M. Mitterrand was well aware that the French electorate was the most communautaire in the EEC : the Community had , after all , been created by Frenchmen with French interests in mind and had succeeded admirably in furthering those interests .
16 Like most others who managed to remain — tolerantly and understandingly — friends of Hopper 's , Fonda and Nicholson were well aware that he had suffered disappointment after disappointment during the mid-Sixties .
17 Digital managers in Scotland were also aware that at least two other companies in America — Zilog and Hewlett-Packard — had developed similar strategies and used video programmes from those organizations in their planning and communications ( but without copying what they had done ) .
18 Roxburgh is undeniably aware of this but unwilling to name his side one month in advance or bestow on Ferguson the title of the finished article .
19 As Cuba is painfully aware , the US is the only superpower left in the Caribbean basin , and no country can afford to be its enemy .
20 Ronni was barely aware of what he was saying .
21 George Singleton was always aware of the social and artistic value of the cinema and , to this day , continues to express a serious interest in the arts in general .
22 Alan was well aware of his own gifts and of what they might lead him to become , but I am not sure he entirely welcomed his role as a leader of lesser men .
23 Lord Dundas was fully aware of Glassford 's importance to his political interest in Clackmannan , and had taken steps to try to oblige him in a matter relating to his West Indian business interests , but Glassford was also conscious of his position in the political sphere , and fully intended to use it to secure his brother-in-law 's reinstatement .
24 Tallis was idly aware that she had none of these organs left .
25 Gould was well aware of the descriptive shortcomings of his synopsis — Mere was simply not enough information available on Australian birds — but , cautious as ever , he needed to prove the strength of the market before committing himself to the ‘ grander work in prospect ’ .
26 The effect of the display of these quantities of pearls and precious stones was clearly designed to intensify public devotion , as Queen Elizabeth I of England was well aware ( Plate J ) .
27 Her daughter Jane was keenly aware of Laura 's inner life .
28 Lenin was acutely aware of the ferment from below and the potential for an alliance of all democratic elements in Russian society , spearheaded by the proletariat , which would destroy traditional authority .
29 In one of his 1778 lectures , as noted by one of his students , there is the suggestion that Hope was already aware of the effect of plants on our atmosphere , long before today 's concern over environmental issues .
30 Christopher was fully aware of her transitional problems .
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