The phrase "acknowledge the chief" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one is asked to recognize or show respect to a leader or authority figure.
Example: "In our meeting, it is important to acknowledge the chief for their contributions to the project."
Alternatives: "recognize the leader" or "honor the chief."
They're called upon to acknowledge the chief executive, and at least come to terms with the process that got him there.
We gratefully acknowledge the chief scientists of CMOP cruises, and the captains and crews of the R/V Wecoma and the R/V Barnes for their assistance on this research.
The authors gratefully acknowledge the chief and the population of Lampsar, Taba Tache and Taba Dar Salam villages for their participation to this study; O. Diaw, S. Fall E. Bassène and F. Barbeau for technical assistance with special thanks to S. Guindo, S. Tine, C. Thiam, M. Hervé and J. De Bont for helpful suggestions.
The Authors would like to acknowledge the Chief Investigators of the Aboriginal Patterns of Cancer Care Project (APOCC), the APOCC Aboriginal Advisory Group and Ethics Committee of The Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council for providing advice on the content of this paper.
The pre-publication history for this paper can be accessed here: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-698X/14/9/prepub wishish to gratefully acknowledge the Chiefs, Assistant Chiefs, and Village Elders of the Locations of Pioneer, Kapsoya, Koisagat, Ol'Lenguse, Olare, Tarakwa, Kipsinende and Kapyemit for their support and leadership.
The very first step is for the chief authority to identify candidates in each proteome (forward BLAST) and selecting the representative who fully acknowledges the chief's authority (chooses the chief authority as the best hit in a reverse BLAST).
Arguing that the founding judicial documents of the state and federal governments acknowledge God, the chief justice of the State Supreme Court, Roy Moore, said he would defy an order of Judge Myron H. Thompson of Federal District Court that he remove a sculpture of the Ten Commandments from the courthouse where he placed it two years ago.
We acknowledge the contribution of all the Chief Investigators who assisted with the preparation of this study: Prof. Andrew Gilbert, Associate Prof. Libby Roughead, Prof. Robyn McDermott, Prof. Phil Ryan and Dr. Sepehr Shakib.
But even police chiefs acknowledge the danger that informants could be settling local scores or setting traps.The third prong of the new strategy is tougher laws.
I acknowledge the statement of the American Chief of General Staff, General Marshall, to be absolutely correct in almost every point.
Acquiring talents like Mr. Sacherman is part of the strategy for broadening the services that Flextronics can offer, but Mr. Marks also goes out of his way to acknowledge the role that Cisco's chief executive, John T. Chambers, has played as an evangelist for the importance of outsourcing manufacturing.
