The phrase "act as a scheme" is not commonly used in written English and may cause confusion.
It could be used in contexts where you want to describe something functioning in a planned or organized manner, but it may not be the best choice of words.
Example: "In this experiment, the new software will act as a scheme to streamline the data collection process."
Alternatives: "function as a plan" or "serve as a framework".
Paul Ryan, the party's vice-presidential pick, has described the affordable care act as a "Ponzi scheme that would make Bernie Madoff proud".
The control law acts as a scheduling scheme which, at each time, based on the closed-loop behavior (i.e., the closed-loop state vector) out of the continuous family selects a controller that provides the best performance while avoiding saturation.
In regulated industries, the regulatory agency might act as a principal designing incentive schemes for firms (the agents).
Mr. Kramer wrote: " 'The Front' opens, even before Woody Allen's archetypal schlep-hero is drawn into a scheme to act as a front for a blacklisted writer, with a quick-cut patchwork of old newsreel footage.
His proposal – for starters – is a pan-EMU unemployment scheme to act as a fiscal stabiliser and share the burden of asymmetric shocks.
It hopes that the scheme will act as a "catalyst to attract jobs into the city", including office accommodation with complementary retail, leisure facilities and evening entertainment.
In much of her work, figures are reduced down to monochromatic color schemes, which act as a dreamlike backdrop where some become transparent or seem to be levitating.
The government says the expanded scheme will effectively act as a custody notification service and will reduce the potential for self-harm or suicide among in custody.
It appears this scheme is to act as a screening device to exclude those who do not demonstrate attributes of compassion from places on courses that lead to registration as a nurse.
Cameron does not want to join any Europe-wide resettlement programme for refugees, believing that if the UK became involved in a large-scale scheme, it would act as a magnet for other migrants and it would be impossible to distinguish economic migrants from refugees.
