The phrase "acknowledging how hard" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the recognition of challenges or difficulties someone has faced or is facing.
Example: "In her speech, she emphasized the importance of acknowledging how hard it can be to adapt to change."
Alternatives: "recognizing the difficulty" or "validating the challenges".
And give Obama points for acknowledging how hard it is to find the right balance between avoiding excessive entanglement of government with religion on the one hand and respecting the identity of religious charities on the other.
At the same time, it's important to mitigate the impact of the inherent stress of the clinical role, acknowledging how hard the work is and offering support and resources to manage these stressors.
Acknowledging how hard it has been to break the stranglehold Wall Street has on the underwriting of new stocks, two online financial-services companies, E*Trade Group and Wit Capital Group, said they would team up to compete against their off-line rivals.
Acknowledging how hard it has been to break the stranglehold Wall Street has on the underwriting of new stocks, two online financial services companies, the E*Trade Group and the Wit Capital Group, said yesterday that they would team up to compete against their off-line rivals.
And Kate echoes this sentiment acknowledging how hard it is to be a successful husband and wife team let alone adding the dynamic of a child into the business.
Acknowledging how hard it is for single mothers to find childcare, Nadya vowed that this year would different.
The key, he insists, is to keep business goals ahead of political ones, though he acknowledges how hard that is.
"Too often, people outside of Pakistan don't know, or don't acknowledge," how hard the battle is.
When I speak to the pair in a small mirrored studio in ENB'S London base, they acknowledge how hard it was, at first, to get to grips with the ballet's plot and with its accompanying Adolphe Adam score.
I can hear in his voice his wish to believe in the unassailability of their love, yet he is swift to acknowledge how hard Nelly's lot became: "Here was a woman harbouring the secret of a past life.
