Sentence examples for acknowledged close from inspiring English sources

The defense lawyers did not say whether they believed that the panel would be persuaded by the detainees' descriptions or angered by the comments of the two men who acknowledged close ties Mr. bin Laden.

The billionaire acknowledged close contacts with officers of the KGB and its successor organisations, but said: "You make these statements as if it is criminal for me to know someone in the KGB.

The Pakistani authorities have acknowledged closing and bulldozing two refugee camps, Zarinoor 1 and Zarinoor 2, in South Waziristan.

Americans United for change, a labor-backed group aligned with Democrats, released a separate ad, pointing out that Mr. Romney's advisers have acknowledged closing the account in 2010 because it might be politically embarrassing.

They acknowledge close political and business connections between Mr. Lowder, who is chairman of Colonial BancGroup, and the other trustees: 3 of the 13 trustees serve on the Colonial board, another is a lobbyist for Colonial, one is developing property for it, and others have received political support from Mr. Lowder.

While Aristotle did acknowledge close connections between Plato's late theory of principles (One and Indefinite Dyad) and fifth-century Pythagoreans, he also sharply distinguished Plato from the Pythagoreans on a series of important points (Metaph. 987b23 ff)., perhaps in response to the Academy's tendency to assign Platonic doctrines to Pythagoras.

Crystal (1975) acknowledges close links between intonation and affect but warns that the place of intonation in language acquisition is more complex (p. 150).

Union leaders acknowledged the close vote.

China's economy, he acknowledged, is "close to overheating".

He has acknowledged a close relationship with the intern but denied involvement in her disappearance.

Both Ms. Noel and Mr. Paterson, in interviews last year, acknowledged being close friends.