The phrase "acknowledged at a time" is not commonly used in written English and may sound awkward.
It could be used in contexts discussing the timing of acknowledgments or recognitions, but it may require additional context for clarity.
Example: "The contributions of the volunteers were acknowledged at a time when the community needed support the most."
Alternatives: "recognized at a moment" or "acknowledged during a period".
But he acknowledged that "at a time of some anxiety … it's sometimes quite a challenge to persuade people that we need to change things, move with the times".
Mr. Lonsinger and other employees acknowledged that at a time when airlines were losing billions of dollars and cutting thousands of jobs, saving a stained-glass window the length of a football field might seem extravagant.
She also acknowledged that, at a time when public art galleries and museums in Italy continue to suffer from a lack of investment, institutions such as the Fondazione Prada had to carry the arts mantle.
A frail asthmatic with a shadowy beard, Sayegh nervously denied any role in the bombing, but acknowledged at one time having been a member of the cell alleged to be behind it and provided specific details about how he believed the other cell members might have carried it out.
Vyvyan Holland finds several things striking about the courts of love – their beauty and pageantry; that they were an expression of women's power; the way in which they formally recognised love as more important than marriage, an institution acknowledged at the time to be only tangentially connected with love.
WorldNetDaily editor Joseph Farah personally replied to Wales to explain that Wikipedia's coverage of the history of Bomis acknowledged at the time that: "Bomis ran a website called Bomis Premium at premium.bomis.com until 2005, offering customers access to premium, X-rated pornographic content".
And he acknowledged at the time the payout was "an egregious amount of money," but justifiable: "It's not like I flew in here on a private jet three years ago and prettied up the company and then booted it out of here".
When the Knicks acquired Anthony, they filled one gap and created another — a fact that Donnie Walsh, the team president, acknowledged at the time.
A report commissioned in the aftermath highlighted a responsibility to protect, which it said was barely acknowledged at the time.
