The phrase "acknowledge the number of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to recognizing or accepting a specific quantity or count of something.
Example: "In the report, we need to acknowledge the number of participants who completed the survey."
Alternatives: "recognize the quantity of" or "accept the count of".
Slowly but surely, union leaders acknowledge, the number of shoppers crossing the picket lines is growing.
"They don't acknowledge the number of people who were hurt," Mr. Edelman said.
A second sign reads "If we were to acknowledge the number of Iraqi dead, the crosses would fill the entire beach".
The demand for the C.I.A. to acknowledge the number of contractors in Pakistan was driven by the suspicion that the American spy service had slipped many such secret operatives into Pakistan in the past six months, the senior ISI official said.
At the end of each sub-frame, a counter is placed to acknowledge the number of sub-frames.
All studies should acknowledge the number of analyses or brain correlations performed, giving a clear rationale for each, to avoid conducting exploratory analyses and reporting the most significant result; viii.
Police officials yesterday acknowledged the number of applicants was low, but contended that it was not a clear-cut indication of low interest in police careers.
Stephen O'Brien acknowledged the number of refugees in Europe was "very significant" but said it paled in comparison to the millions displaced within Syria and neighbouring countries.
But the proposal caused uproar among conservationists, who pointed out that the government's own documents acknowledged the number of pheasant chicks taken by buzzards was unknown, with only anecdotal evidence available.
The plan acknowledges the number of clashes could increase if Derby County get into the Premier League.
Though Tuesday's report focuses on recommendations to improve the problem, rather than calling out past abuse, lead author Deborah Daniels acknowledges the number of those abused is "surely far higher" than authorities know, "given the understandable reticence of those who have suffered abuse to come forward".
