Sentence examples for acknowledged position from inspiring English sources
New York City's acknowledged position as the mecca for arts and entertainment in America means that aspiring artists and performers flock here in untold numbers, willing to sacrifice everything for the opportunity to present their work at the highest levels in their fields.
In fact, the ship was so close to shore that, according to The Associated Press, administration officials "acknowledged positioning the massive ship to provide the best TV angle for Bush's speech, with the sea as his background instead of the San Diego coastline".
China has acknowledged its position as the world's largest CO2 emitter but remains firm on its position that the country's per capital emissions along with its historical emissions are below those of developed nations.
She has had a very close relationship with the brother and sister-in-law of her deceased fiancé, two wonderful people who acknowledged her position in their family from the first.
Hiddink was wary of triggering a verbal battle with his compatriot but readily acknowledged his positioning in a debate with which he has been engaged for years and which has this season found echoes at Old Trafford.
Even those sympathetic to the position just outlined are likely to acknowledge the position must be qualified and hedged in some ways.
In 2010, with President Obama determined to bring about negotiation between Israel and the Palestinian Authority on all the permanent status issues, he needs to lead all sides to acknowledge the position of the three Abrahamic faiths in Jerusalem.
But even when he states that their church holds the first place in the whole Christian "community of love [agapē]," he acknowledges a position of preeminence rather than of jurisdiction.
His perseverance paid off when Fianna Fail was returned to power, and Lynch was forced to acknowledge his position by appointing him health minister.
It was critical of Avicenna's philosophic innovations and not convinced that al-Ghazālī's critique of Avicenna touched philosophy as such, and it refused to acknowledge the position assigned by both to mysticism.
