The phrase "acknowledged the number of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to recognizing or confirming a specific quantity or count of something.
Example: "The committee acknowledged the number of participants who registered for the event."
Alternatives: "recognized the quantity of" or "confirmed the count of".
Police officials yesterday acknowledged the number of applicants was low, but contended that it was not a clear-cut indication of low interest in police careers.
Stephen O'Brien acknowledged the number of refugees in Europe was "very significant" but said it paled in comparison to the millions displaced within Syria and neighbouring countries.
But the proposal caused uproar among conservationists, who pointed out that the government's own documents acknowledged the number of pheasant chicks taken by buzzards was unknown, with only anecdotal evidence available.
By the turn of the twentieth century, it was generally acknowledged the number of cases had made it impossible for attorneys to not focus on locating precedents.
The year before, district officials have acknowledged, the number of departing teachers, including those retiring, was only about 55. "Everybody knows somebody in the district who is leaving," said Brooks, a kindergarten teacher.
As previously acknowledged, the number of patients in the present study is not high enough to fully evaluate the performance of these scores in patients with breast cancer.
It must also be acknowledged the numbers of surgeries and other data were self-reported and thus also subject to bias, though deliberate under-reporting of surgical experience does not seem likely.
Slowly but surely, union leaders acknowledge, the number of shoppers crossing the picket lines is growing.
The demand for the C.I.A. to acknowledge the number of contractors in Pakistan was driven by the suspicion that the American spy service had slipped many such secret operatives into Pakistan in the past six months, the senior ISI official said.
