The phrase "acknowledged the ability" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to someone recognizing or accepting a particular skill or capability of a person or group.
Example: "The manager acknowledged the ability of her team to adapt quickly to new challenges."
Alternatives: "recognized the skill" or "accepted the capability".
"The tribunal acknowledged the ability to enforce its judgment was severely limited," said Michael Geist, a professor at the University of Ottawa's Faculty of Law who is an expert in Internet law.
As the commission has recently acknowledged, the ability of member states to choose how they implement the European Union's antitrust directive on mergers and acquisitions has effectively neutralized the commission's market-opening intention.
The concept of resilience acknowledges the ability of societies to live and develop with dynamic environments.
Acknowledging the ability to influence public company corporate governance practices, asset managers are encouraged to exercise their voting rights thoughtfully, actively engage early on with companies and evaluate the performance of directors.
The prize acknowledges the ability of a University of Chicago student in the College to utilize GIS and spatial thinking to develop a digital narrative using Esri's Story Maps applications.
The Prize acknowledges the ability of a University of Chicago College student to utilize GIS and spatial thinking to develop a digital narrative using Esri's Story Maps applications.
This competitive award for excellence and clarity in science writing acknowledges the ability of a University of Chicago College student to produce a paper, on a scientific topic, which is thorough in its arguments but accessible to a broad readership.
If we can acknowledge the ability of veterans and reward them with a job and training opportunities, I am confident the same can be done for the long-term unemployed.
However, several informants spoke of doctors failing to acknowledge the abilities of qualified midwives and discouraging them from performing tasks for which they were capable.
Chief Justice Roberts acknowledged the "unparalleled ability" of DNA testing "both to exonerate the wrongly convicted and to identify the guilty".
We had not fully investigated the patient so we were actually referring a patient that we didn't know what we were referring.'" Colleagues of the FPs acknowledged the FPs' ability to provide comprehensive care, although they were unable to define what exactly should be their clinical niche.
