In contrast, smokers who were classified as 'adamant smokers' were less likely to acknowledge the health risks of smoking to themselves and others, less supportive of the smoking legislation, and were older.
Men will be less likely to acknowledge, even to themselves, that their immense responsibility can be scary, and hence, will be less likely to do anything about it.
We're less willing to acknowledge the pervasiveness, and costs, of age discrimination.
Perhaps time had softened the sting of his mother's madness, and Chaplin was less willing to acknowledge his pain.
The survey found that white people working in the arts were less likely to acknowledge the barriers facing BAME people trying to get a foothold in the sector.
In Britain we applaud the "civilising mission" of our imperial past, but are less happy to acknowledge the violence and brutality that so often girded our imperial endeavour.
Less comfortable to acknowledge is the national attitude that alcohol is an essential social lubricant: the way to energise, to relax, to loosen up and to bond with others.
For one thing, it is a lot less taboo to acknowledge failure in Silicon Valley than in Hollywood, for example, where if a new album or a blockbuster movie goes belly up, it could spell disaster for one's career.
In general, international coaches like Ruud Gullit, Arena's predecessor on the Galaxy, take a businesslike, even impersonal approach and are less likely to acknowledge and embrace an American sporting culture that is more enthusiastic and hands-on.
