The phrase "act to effect" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing taking action to bring about a specific result or change.
Example: "The committee decided to act to effect the necessary reforms in the organization."
Alternatives: "take action to achieve" or "act to bring about".
"If we can come to some agreement [and] act to effect those savings now, this year, it will yield a lot of savings in subsequent years," he said.
In a report issued in June, Mr. Ferguson, the inspector general, said Mr. Daley's administration "did not act to effect real reform" in the program.
The confederacy to commit the offense is the gist of the criminality under this section, although, to complete it, some act to effect the object of the conspiracy is needed, U. S. v. Hirsch, 100 U. S. 33.
But § 37 of the Criminal Code requires not only an agreement to do the unlawful act but also the doing of 'any act to effect the object of the conspiracy'.
If two or more persons conspire to violate subsection (b) or (c), and one or more of such persons do any act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each of the parties to such conspiracy shall be punished as provided in such subsection.
If two or more persons conspire to violate section 1111, 1114, 1116, or 1119 of this title, and one or more of such persons do any overt act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each shall be punished by imprisonment for any term of years or for life.
There are several systems linking hydrogen donors to an intermediary disulfide protein, namely the ferredoxin/thioredoxin system, the NADP/thioredoxin system and the glutathione/glutaredoxin system; each system acts to effect changes that alter the activity of target proteins.
Since mitotic activity in the wild type is only seen in the layer of cells adjacent to the wing disc this further implies that N signaling acts to effect proliferation in the AMPs in this layer.
Section 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998 is a provision of the Human Rights Act 1998 that enables the Act to take effect in the United Kingdom.
Humans typically act to cause effects in their environment, but at times they also voluntarily omit an action to cause a predictable effect.
We do at least know that the genetic variation that selection could act upon to effect evolutionary change is present in the immune system (Frank 2002).
