The phrase "a firm recognition" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when emphasizing a strong acknowledgment or understanding of a particular fact or situation.
Example: "The committee issued a statement that included a firm recognition of the challenges faced by the community."
Alternatives: "a strong acknowledgment" or "a clear understanding".
"We learned a lesson that we failed to respond properly because we did not have a firm recognition of the risks," Abe told reporters.
"The starting point for the EU approach to resilience, therefore, is a firm recognition of the leading role of partner countries".
"Because of sharp racial divisions in the South — sharper than they are in the Midwest — blacks have a firm recognition that the Democratic Party is identified with their group, just as whites do with the Republican Party," Hutchings said.
For this reason, the moral potential of art must be governed by a firm recognition of the fundamental principles of morality itself (ibid., p. 78).
The Premier had wanted a firmer recognition of Peking as the sole and legal government on Taiwan.
Our results provide cues that could trigger a firm's recognition of factors that increase the time to recall.
The old man grabbed my hand with such firm recognition and affection that it was hard to believe he was sick.
Instead, its growing dependence on Russian energy may actually be putting some levers into the Kremlin's hands.Even so, firm recognition that Mr Putin is going in the wrong direction is much better than meek acquiescence.
People don't have to rely on a firm's name recognition or its size in selecting a lawyer, he said.
Janeiro et al. found that successfully innovating firms use universities to a greater extent in their innovation activities and this might indicate the firms' recognition of the role that universities play in knowledge development [31].
In their successful efforts to establish the American branch on a firm basis and earn recognition for its work, she was particularly adept at winning the support of persons of position and influence.
