1.   It was the only time that Father acknowledged the existence of spirits.

2.   Last September, seeking to strengthen his growing congregation and acknowledge its existence in the community at large, Rev.

3.   Lovable but passive William has carried on by keeping a mistress on the side, whose existence is acknowledged by all.

4.   Men who had recently found it difficult to acknowledge his existence now sought his advice.

5.   Weber acknowledged their existence but did not discuss them.

6.   When he did acknowledge her existence he talked in dismissive and unrealistic terms.

7.   Yet when we are involved personally we are forced to acknowledge their existence and to try to understand them.

8.   Although investigators acknowledged the existence of scalpers who resell tickets in front of arenas and theaters, those people are not the focus of the investigation.

9.   And federal officials were reluctant even to acknowledge the existence of contingency plans, saying the plans were either classified or diplomatically sensitive.

10.   Ash declined, however, to acknowledge the existence of the written, unsubmitted agreement with Clemens.