The phrase "about to secure" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when indicating that someone is on the verge of obtaining or achieving something.
Example: "The team is about to secure a major contract that could change the course of the project."
Alternatives: "on the brink of securing" or "nearly finalizing".
It appeared at that point Newcastle were about to secure their Premiership status in style.
And she has won the TS Eliot prize over here and may be about to secure it for a second time with Stag's Leap, the most remarkable collection of her career.
In 2001, he and Quinn organized an event for Biden, who had just become chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and was about to secure his sixth Senate term.
He had persued a magnificent butterfly and was about to secure its wing between his thumb and finger when a stranger suddenly touched him from behind and smilingly warned him; "Never touch a butterfly, little boy".
And as the most highly indebted of the euro zone's AAA-rated countries, France fears losing its place in the top tier.The French president, though, may be about to secure a prize that France has long wanted and Germany has long resisted: European "economic government".
The army has been promising to fight back against the fierce Taliban insurgency holed up in the tribal region of South Waziristan amid pressure from the Obama administration, which is about to secure a major aid package that would give $1.5 billion a year to the government here.
More likely, what we are seeing today is a major shift in investor opinion about how to secure financial security.
Watchdogs are said to be wanting information about whether banks made misrepresentation about them to secure deals, and whether aggressive selling crossed the line into something illegal.
Britain will send about 700 troops to secure the airport, so that Europeans can leave.
A Russian security expert said the talks may be about how to secure assurances he will not leak further information if he were granted sanctuary in Russia.
The project now has more than 300 members, with about 80 applicants awaiting clearance (the group is very careful about admissions, to secure the members' privacy).
