Let me put what I freely acknowledge to be an absurd question.

Throughout the book I freely acknowledge that study of any topic involves learning many facts.

"We freely acknowledge that it was an analysis of numbers only."

The supposition of interest is their own, which they freely acknowledged.

We spoke to her, freely acknowledging that she would be helping us as well.

He had never run from a situation in his life but this, he freely acknowledged, was different.

He freely acknowledged that this time around, he was no longer popular.

But the Kuleib family freely acknowledges that most men in the camp own them.

Tribal leaders freely acknowledge that many use their offices to put family and friends in jobs.

But detectives freely acknowledge they have next to no leads.