11.   At the same time, the company is acknowledging that it is feeling pressure from the freely shared alternatives to its commercial software.

12.   At the same time, both companies acknowledged strong earnings increases at the utilities from the sales of electricity..

13.   Benedict also said that Iroquois had pledged to repair environmental damage as a result of the violations the company acknowledged.

14.   Brokers, brokerage-firm executives and academics say the companies are acknowledging sweeping changes in technology, consumer demands and financial realities.

15.   Bronner and Gilhooley, the company acknowledged, filed a lawsuit against it in Chicago.

16.   But Griffin said the company acknowledges its problems and is spending money to hire more employees and give them better training.

17.   But his company acknowledged administrative problems with the research and promised to correct them.

18.   But indirectly, the company has acknowledged the trouble by seeking a new chief executive, a search that could be completed within weeks.

19.   But last June, the company acknowledged that the gains were greatly overstated.

20.   But once the company acknowledged that it had not been keeping its books straight, investors and creditors raced for the doors.