The phrase "acknowledged they needed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a recognition of necessity or requirement by a subject or group.
Example: "After reviewing the project, the team acknowledged they needed additional resources to meet the deadline."
Alternatives: "recognized they required" or "admitted they needed".
They acknowledged they needed to do something".
"Walmart acknowledged they needed to do more to compete in the employee marketplace and retain top talent," he said.
Tests so far have only targeted certain blood cancers, and the researchers acknowledged they needed to work on tumors and track how long patients would remain in remission.
The researchers acknowledged they needed to do more work before the technology was ready for market.
Perhaps picking up my fixation with how awkward everyone was, he acknowledged they needed to improve communication.
Both Conservatives and Liberal Democrats have acknowledged they need to do more to address the crisis in living standards, but this is the first official report to ministers setting out a detailed overall plan.
While 95% of the foundation's funding still comes from the Japanese and U.S. governments, its leaders have acknowledged they need to diversify their sources of support by competing for grants and soliciting donations.
In addition anecdotal evidence suggested that pride prevented some families living in extreme poverty from acknowledging they needed state support; the most frequent source of external support for households interviewed in the study was through PLHA associations which receive funding from the Ghana AIDS Commission, [ 3].
They acknowledge they need to push the issue now.
After fighting each other in the elections, the two leaders acknowledge they need what their aides call "a proalition period".
All the centres acknowledge they need to simplify and standardise their systems and reduce customisation," the report says.
