The phrase "admitting the difficulty" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when acknowledging a challenge or obstacle in a discussion or argument.
Example: "While I appreciate your perspective, I must be honest in admitting the difficulty of implementing such changes within our current framework."
Alternatives: "acknowledging the challenge" or "recognizing the struggle".
KATE BARKER SWINDELL, Portland, Ore., posted on nytimes.com JUNOT DÍAZ HATES WRITING SHORT STORIES I love this interview because of the way Díaz lets his hair down, admitting the difficulty of writing.
The US is seeking new military, counter-terrorism and diplomatic ideas to destroy Isis faster, Secretary of State John Kerry said in Abu Dhabi yesterday, admitting the difficulty in eliminating extremists who are now a global threat.
Admitting the difficulty of high temperature operation, this design is still promising due to the high efficiency of two-step cycle itself, the process intensification of the FeO acting as the reactant/product/heat transfer medium (no need of heat exchangers), and the continuous operation/production of hydrogen.
Despite this, onequarter of respondents were in favor of a law authorizing euthanasia, while admitting the difficulties associated with drawing up such a law, particularly in the case of unconscious patients.
The officials admit the difficulty of reforming a deeply corrupt state where oligarchs hold great sway.
That is to say, usually it's a device, a poetic device, where the poet admits the difficulty, or even impossibility of describing a particular reality.
Cox had already reduced her working week down to three days and had publicly admitted the difficulty of combining different roles.
"It's just dinner now," said Joseph Savino, a 40-year-old attorney and the county party chairman, who was quick to admit the difficulty of finding young Republicans in the Bronx.
His endorsement of "Stoic impassability" notwithstanding, Montaigne also admits the difficulty of preserving professional detachment against the force of private emotion: "Yet that does not mean that this stratagem of mine has relieved me of all difficulties or that I have not often found it very hard to master or bridle my emotions".
Reworking his doctoral dissertation, Anello admits the difficulty of creating a coherent narrative since there is no one [End Page 559] accepted definition of a minor seminary.
In the same interview, Kishi admitted the difficulty of transitioning the silent Protagonist into the anime without destroying what Hashino had already established.
