But today's declaration in People's Daily, the party newspaper, was the first public acknowledgement of the new succession plans.

The gesture was noted by the Singapore media as a rare public acknowledgement of their relationship.

That was the first public acknowledgement of the abuse.

Many of them were broadcast on local news programs without any public acknowledgement of the government's role in their production.

There has been little public acknowledgement of the problems of this population, even by the men themselves.

Warner has received public acknowledgement by the music industry for his songwriting contributions.

There will be no public acknowledgement of these people.

The Israeli Government has made no public acknowledgement of any participation in such an operation.

Archbishop Hunthausen's letter is the first public acknowledgement of specific allegations.

A simple public acknowledgement of your donation by the charity, perhaps in their newsletter for example, wouldn't normally change this.