The phrase "acknowledged that higher" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It can be used when discussing recognition or acceptance of a greater level or standard in a particular context.
Example: "The committee acknowledged that higher standards of safety were necessary for the project to proceed."
Alternatives: "recognized that greater" or "accepted that elevated".
Anthony W. Marx, the president of Amherst College, acknowledged that higher education was not an efficient process.
Education Secretary Charles Clarke and chief medical officer Sir Liam Donaldson acknowledged that higher levels of physical activity among children were essential if they were to begin to tackle the effects of the obesity epidemic.
While many have acknowledged that higher education is essential to equality of opportunity, the reality is that a growing economic segregation in higher education threatens to undermine our nation's historic mission of educating for democracy.
Wiedefeld acknowledged that higher fares will be a burden on some customers, especially low-income riders, but he said, "there's expenses tied to delivering that service". He said Metro has done all it can to close a $290 million anticipated shortfall by taking aggressive management actions, such as eliminating 500 positions and his plan to cut another 500 this year.
In the past, both President Obama and Mr. Romney have acknowledged that higher gas prices have an upside: they give car owners the right incentives, and if the high prices stem in part from higher fuel taxes, the deficit can be trimmed.
And Larry Summers of Harvard University acknowledged that higher inflation might propel the American economy out of "secular stagnation", but suggested that an ambitious five-year programme of public investment would be better.In short, a huge U-turn was in evidence amid the snow of Philadelphia.
Designers have chosen them to give a new look to this year's revival of long skirts, tacitly acknowledging that high heels are not universally popular as everyday wear.
WASHINGTON — President Obama, acknowledging that high-tech surveillance poses a threat to civil liberties, announced significant changes on Friday to the way the government collects and uses telephone records, but left in place many other pillars of the nation's intelligence programs.
Mr. Mahendran acknowledged that high-yield bonds remained attractive to investors because of their high returns, but he cautioned about the risk attached to them.
Dr. Farley acknowledged that high cigarette taxes had made the city an attractive destination for bootleggers, costing the city an estimated $250 million to $600 million a year in unpaid taxes.
Joseph Seneca, vice president of academic affairs at Rutgers and chairman of the Governor's Council of Economic Advisors, and James Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, acknowledged that high energy prices historically touch off a recession.
