The phrase "act more or less" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate a degree of variability or uncertainty in someone's behavior or actions.
Example: "He tends to act more or less the same in every situation, regardless of the circumstances."
Alternatives: "behave somewhat" or "conduct oneself to some extent".
And perhaps above all, a country where a powerful mining industry has been free to act more or less unchecked.
Maybe there was something about the way he seemed to have his act more or less together.
Not only can he act more or less at will, he also has the freedom to act with unbelievable force.
These act more or less as an oarlock for his racquet handle as he shifts his grip for a forehand or a backhand.
Although Congress can ask questions and conduct oversight hearings, a president who wants to have an impact internationally can act more or less on his own.
For all the comparable craziness of mutually assured destruction during the cold war, planners could safely assume that American and Soviet leaders would act more or less rationally.
Acting more or less like a 1980s hardcore band, in other words, but without seeming like a nostalgia act.
It seems that, at 190 °C, vacuum acts more or less like a Θ solvent for both types of polypropylenes but a bad solvent for PE and PIB.
This means that for a center-to-center spacing greater than 4D, no significant interference effect was observed and each footing acted more or less independently, similar to a single footing.
But Shabazz Palaces successfully pushed back the beginning of its set so that festivalgoers could see both acts more or less in their entirety, a smaller protest gesture, but not a less significant one.
"The attitude used to be that the British police acted more or less with the sanction of the public," said David Gilbertson, a former assistant inspector of the constabulary, who until 2001 helped formulate policing policy for the home office.
