"acknowledge it as" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when you want to recognize or accept something as it is. For example, "We acknowledge it as official policy that all employees must take a break after four hours of work."
But while the self-styled "democratic socialist" has focused his efforts on economic inequality, Black Lives Matter activists have been challenging Sanders to also explicitly address systemic racial inequality — not as a result of bad economic policy, but to acknowledge it as its own emergency.
Now is the time to remove the stigma from renting and acknowledge it as a credible option".
It was very revealing that when Ofsted came in to give evidence, they did not acknowledge it as an issue.
"All Arabs, and all Muslims, need Jerusalem, and acknowledge it as the Palestinians' rightful capital," he said.
The Anglo-Persian war of 1856 57 forced the Qājār shah, Nāṣer al-Dīn Shah, to withdraw from Herāt and acknowledge it as Afghan territory.
She won the Evian Championship before it was awarded major status, but the LPGA said last night they acknowledge it as the career slam.
As for slavery, Himmelfarb acknowledges it as an evil, but is curiously silent about its cumulative effect, over 400 years, on the nation's stock of moral capital.
The US has previously made clear its continued opposition to legalisation of drugs, while acknowledging it as a legitimate subject for debate.
The US has made clear its continued opposition to legalisation of drugs, while acknowledging it as a legitimate subject for debate.
They also acknowledged it as the beginning of challenges.
On one hand, she acknowledges it as the beginning of her public career.
