The phrase "act of conversion" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing a change from one state to another, often in legal, financial, or religious discussions.
Example: "The act of conversion from a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA can have significant tax implications."
Alternatives: "process of conversion" or "instance of conversion".
In a free-market economy, every sale or purchase is on some level an act of conversion, a matter of overcoming objections or hesitancy and getting to "yes".
Criticism of the bill was that it condemns the abusive act of conversion therapy but does not ban it across the board and only restricts the practice of it on minors by licensed practitioners.
One asserted that the bill's wording shifted the focus from a ban on the abusive act of conversion therapy to the professionals conducting it, and that licensed therapists objected to the bill for fear they would lose their licenses over "a simple conversation" about sexual orientation.
In a dissenting opinion in the Supreme Court case last June, Justice David H. Souter wrote, "It is beyond question that Good News intends to use the public school premises not for the mere discussion of a subject from a particular, Christian point of view, but for an evangelical service of worship calling children to commit themselves in an act of Christian conversion".
These n-3 fatty acids are also released with AA by phospholipases and act as substrate inhibitors of conversion of AA by cyclooxygenases (COX) [ 17].
Leslie told the writer that conversion to the metric system is, according to the Metric Conversion Act of 1975, completely voluntary.
Luckily, people who hated the metric system were able to blame Congress, too, since the whole mess might never have occurred if our nation's legislators hadn't decided, with the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 and the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act of 1988, to nudge America toward full metrication.
L. 103 160, enacting sections 1279d, 1279e, and 1280a of the Appendix to Title 46, Shipping, amending section 31326 of Title 46 and sections 1271, 1273, 1274, and 1274a of the Appendix to Title 46, and enacting provisions set out as notes under sections 1279b and 1279d of the Appendix to Title 46] may be cited as the 'National Shipbuilding and Shipyard Conversion Act of 1993'.
In the 20th century, a pair of laws -- the Metric Conversion Act of 1975 and the Omnibus Trade and Competitive Act of 1988 -- tried to speed the transition.
The 1988 Omnibus Foreign Trade and Competitiveness Act removed international trade barriers and amended the Metric Conversion Act of 1975, designating the metric system as "the Preferred system of weights and measures for United States trade and commerce".
