Even those instinctively well-disposed towards monarchy have to acknowledge that the present king's right to be head of state is open to dispute; Juan Carlos having taken over the job at the behest of another military dictator, Francisco Franco, even though his father was still alive.
And that, as Ronnie Corbett was happy to acknowledge towards the end of his life, marked a career and a life well-lived.
He strolled down the pitch in a daze, then tugged off his helmet, waved his bat towards the dressing room to acknowledge the applause of his team-mates, who were on the balcony.
Billboard, however, decided that only the 400,000 pure sales of ANTI would count towards its chart position, refusing to acknowledge the album's platinum status.
He recalls how his pride got the better of him while he sat in a car in Yorkshire waiting to acknowledge a fan, walking towards him with a smile on her face.
Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis said after talks in Paris and Brussels that he expected euro zone finance ministers to acknowledge next Monday progress towards a cash-for-reform deal, opening the way to easing Athens' liquidity crisis.
At 34 you are screaming towards the edge faster than you'd care to acknowledge.
It is imperative to acknowledge gender aspects when working towards improving condom efficacy of young people.
One could speculate that both hospitals and health authorities have changed a former hostility towards CAM to acknowledging its existence and even establishing cooperation with CAM practitioners, with or without a health care background, at the hospitals.
The Economist's Charlemagne ("Prodi's prayer", January 24th) is not so sure, but has to acknowledge (reluctantly) Italy's impressive progress towards that aim.
