The phrase "act of preparing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the process or action involved in getting ready for something, such as an event or task.
Example: "The act of preparing for the presentation took longer than expected, as I wanted to ensure everything was perfect."
Alternatives: "process of preparation" or "preparation activity".
So the act of preparing will itself reanimate you.
"There's some love-based relationship there," she said of the act of preparing food for strangers.
He also had high praise for Stewart: "He can make the simple act of preparing a ham sandwich one of the scariest things you've ever seen".
The mere act of preparing for Brexit has forced companies to reassess the merits of concentrating so much business in Britain.
In sum, the study demonstrates that the mere act of preparing food could facilitate the overconsumption of high-calorie foods and provides preliminary information that may guide the design of future experiments on food preparation and consumption.
This he achieved in the act of preparing to hit his approach shot to the 18th green – innocuously "grounding" his club in what he believed was a patch of dirt but which, in fact, turned out to a bunker.
A time and motion analysis of 103 routine acts of preparing and administering IV antibiotics was performed in the intensive care unit and in the Department of Internal Medicine.
A total of 103 routine acts of preparing and administering IV antibiotics were observed and timed by stopwatch by two research nurses familiar with IV antibiotic preparation and administration while observing 76 single (ICU) nurses performing the 103 procedures of preparation and administration of the antibiotics.
The woman was arrested under section five of the Terrorism Act on suspicion of preparing to travel overseas to engage in terrorist acts.
The very act of shopping, preparing and serving up food was, for many (like my mother, I suspect), another shackle of a dependent life.
On Monday a white supremacist who tried to join National Action, Ethan Stables, from Cumbria, was convicted of preparing act of terror and making threats to kill.
