Sentence examples for acknowledge a certain from inspiring English sources

Yet Ms. Garanca is quick to acknowledge a certain detachment as a keynote of her persona.

Members like Mrs. Fingerhut acknowledge a certain discordance between the exertion of golf and the elegance of the house.

At this stage, as is traditional, I have to acknowledge a certain degree of chaos, confusion, and excitement.

While Mr. Neumann rejects interpretations that have linked this piece to events surrounding the Sept. 11 attacks, he does acknowledge a certain apocalyptic whiff in the air.

Many conservative Christians and their Jewish allies acknowledge a certain tension between the evangelical belief in a Biblical commission to convert non-Christians and their simultaneous desire to help the Jews of Israel.

It's not that I bang on about: 'Hey I want to adopt white children from Hollywood, or go to Scotland and save babies, and save Aids, and, you know, Africa, and save, like, the starving people.'" Yet she does acknowledge a certain, if not unease, then ambivalence about her shifting identity from refugee street artist to LA aristocracy.

Obama acknowledged "a certain weariness, given Afghanistan".

Col. Duffy acknowledges a certain promotional, even missionary intent.

Ms. Rice herself acknowledges a certain impatience at times.

Turrell seems ambivalent about fame and publicity, acknowledging a certain detachment from the art world.

Mr Berlusconi himself has acknowledged a certain nostalgia for the lira.