1.   At a City Hall news conference Giuliani declined to acknowledge the scope of the shortfall.

2.   But in recent weeks, the damage has become so widespread that failure to acknowledge the scope of the problem looked increasingly strange.

3.   Even some church scholars said the pope has failed to acknowledge the scope of the problem in the US.

4.   Health officials in Beijing only recently acknowledged the scope of its AIDS problem.

5.   Leaders of all five have acknowledged the scope of the disaster.

6.   Policy-makers have acknowledged the scope of the forest crisis.

7.   Defense lawyers acknowledged the scope of the tragedy but said their clients were being prosecuted unfairly for being associated with bin Laden or his organization, al Qaeda.

8.   The defense acknowledged the scope of the tragedy but said their clients were being prosecuted unfairly for being associated with bin Laden or his organization, al Qaeda.

9.   The defense acknowledged the scope of the tragedy, but said their clients were targeted for prosecution because of ties to bin Laden or his organization, al Qaeda.