The phrase "acknowledged relatively" is not correct and may lead to confusion in written English.
It could be used in contexts where you want to express that something has been recognized or accepted in a comparative manner, but it lacks clarity.
Example: "The findings were acknowledged relatively to previous studies, indicating a shift in understanding."
Alternatives: "recognized in relation to" or "accepted in comparison to".
Both sides in the civil war, which has claimed an estimated 70,000 lives, acknowledged relatively high death tolls there.
And Democrats believe they have a potent issue in Republicans' dogged opposition, especially if the Republican nominee turns out to be Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor whose personal fortune and acknowledged relatively low tax rate for his investment and dividends income have had him on the defensive even in the Republican nomination contest.
The senate acknowledged her relatively modest individual guilt by not stripping her of her political rights after ejecting her from office on 30 August.
Monbiot's article is suggestive of neglecting the victims of Chernobyl as the UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation (Unscear) only acknowledged a relatively small number.
But he also acknowledged his relatively poor name recognition and quickly borrowed a line of Mr. Florio's to begin his campaign against Mr. Corzine.
Ben Vershbow, the manager of NYPL Labs, the library's research and development unit, acknowledged "a relatively recent history of suspicion and antagonism" between libraries and open-source Internet databases, but he said he believed that relationship had healed.
Mr. Hughes acknowledged that relatively few suspects were located in wildfire investigations, but said that when they were found, they faced criminal and civil penalties, including the cost of the firefighting operation, which in the case of the Horseshoe 2 Fire exceeds $20 million.
"Why it was important to be here today is because no one was there for me when I was missing," said Ms. Knight, whom the Cleveland police have acknowledged spending relatively little time looking for because they believed she had moved away from the area.
First, the sample size of eight participants in the aged group is acknowledged as relatively small.
Gene flow from diploids to tetraploid derivatives has long been acknowledged as relatively common [see e.g., [ 2, 3, 6] and references therein, [ 12]].
However, for developing countries, it is acknowledged that relatively more negative outcomes may incur, including reduced income for the majority due to the reduction in working hours.
