Sentence examples for acknowledge up front from inspiring English sources

"To break the ice, the speaker might acknowledge up front that the audience may have a problem with the accent and every now and then ask the audience, 'Is this clear?' or 'Would you like me to repeat that?' " in a conversational tone that will help engage the audience, Anholt says.

However, I want to acknowledge up front that the potential fallout from the news is by no means clear.

I would like to acknowledge up front that the critical nature of conservation and restoration challenges on islands puts an obvious premium on precaution and the need for case-specific empirical evidence.

Because everyone knows that it's okay to lie when you acknowledge up front that you are going to lie to a bunch of people in a campaign ad.

"To me, part of being a dog scientist is acknowledging up front how little we know about their cognition," said Alexandra Horowitz, a dog cognition expert at Barnard College.

You can also help prevent embarrassment by acknowledging up front that you are not an expert but that you have formed a partial opinion on a given topic through some exposure to the subject matter.

Just so you know up front.

"This is kind of a weird play," he acknowledges up front, just before our startling first encounter with Mr. Greenspan's Passalus, in his demonic form, and God (Tim Hopper), who has recruited him to intercede in human affairs.

It should probably be acknowledged up front that nobody is going to make any money providing remote areas with internet.

And Politico's Alex Burns suggests that the Romney campaign "recognized -- and acknowledged up front -- that their commercial selectively clipped the president's words for dramatic effect".

Several other tea party-friendly groups did not entirely rule out engaging in the election, but played down the possibility and acknowledged up front that Stockman's campaign looks like a questionable proposition.