The phrase "act of containing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the process or action of holding or enclosing something within certain limits or boundaries.
Example: "The act of containing the spill was crucial to prevent further environmental damage."
Alternatives: "process of holding" or "action of enclosing".
Three weeks after the Summit Agreement, the Civil Rights Act of 1966, containing open-housing provisions that Illinois's Senator Everett Dirksen called "a package of mischief for the country," failed to pass in the Senate.
The U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a five-year farm bill, the Agricultural Act of 2014, containing provisions for renewable energy, energy efficiency programs in rural areas, cuts to food stamps and modifications to the federal agricultural subsidy system.
"The FAA Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2012 contained provisions directing the FAA to take steps toward safely integrating UAS into the NAS by September 2015," the transportation committee writes in its summary today.
The third act of "Avatar" contains what Jon Landau, the producer, calls "the mother of all movie battles".
The Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2015 contains a 28-page laundry list of more than 300 Schedule 1 substances – substances that are illegal in all settings and have high potential for abuse – to be added to the list of federally controlled substances.
If I had to bet, I would say that this book — which was probably begun around 2001 ("Yves Gundron" was published in 2000), and which has to do with a high, hubristic construction, dedicated to secular ideals, that is attacked in an almost Biblical act of vengeance — contains some thought of the World Trade Center.
The Economic Stimulus Act of 2008 contains items that will help bring about positive changes in the tax law for small business owners.
The act of love contains in itself a desperation that is.
The Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008 contains extensions of credits for wind, including microturbines.
Just as the Union of Concerned Scientists framed it, the Agricultural Act of 2014 contains the seeds of a new kind of Farm Bill.
