The phrase "act according to a" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to following a specific guideline, principle, or instruction.
Example: "Employees are expected to act according to a code of conduct that promotes integrity and respect."
Alternatives: "act in accordance with" or "follow a".
The development of a genuinely sustainable society is supported by its citizens who think and act according to a recognized code of conduct - the sustainable culture.
Yet for some time a handful of directors had been pressing for change, but were hesitant to act, according to a person briefed on the situation.
The findings of that investigation could prove a violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, according to a person briefed on the inquiry.
"We should be looking for ways to improve it, not weaken it," Mr. Obama said of the act, according to a pool report.
In the United States, your past experience will prompt you to act according to a certain set of principles, but many of these principles will not work here.
Sense-oriented saRNAs might land on not yet mapped, Foxg1-associated antisense-ncRNAs, or act according to a different molecular logic.
House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) said he wants to repeal the act, according to an Associated Press report.
Now they are using the tools to find the underlying biological mechanisms that lead people to act, or not act, according to an economic theory.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has been blithely violating the Fair Labor Standards Act, according to an arbitrator who found that the agency has been forcing its employees to work overtime and not paying them for it.
Progress on closing the pay gap has been so slow that on current trends it will not be eradicated until 2069 – or 99 years after the 1970 Equal Pay Act – according to an analysis by consultants Deloitte.
Premiums for people who don't get health insurance from their jobs rose an average of 10percentt a year prior to the Affordable Care Act, according to an analysis published by the Commonwealth Fund this month.
