The phrase "act to gain" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing actions taken with the intention of achieving a specific benefit or advantage.
Example: "In order to improve our market position, we must act to gain a competitive edge over our rivals."
Alternatives: "take steps to achieve" or "move to obtain".
The government obtained a warrant under a provision of the Stored Communications Act to gain access to emails in a customer's account maintained by Microsoft on one of its servers in Dublin.
The new correspondence was sent to Farrell after he lodged a complaint under the Privacy Act to gain access to parts of the AFP files that had been redacted.
The FBI has been roundly criticized for using a law from 1789, the All Writs Act, to gain access to the data stored on one of the phones of the San Bernardino shooters.
We gave the prize to the reporter who had used the act to gain the details of her university vice-chancellor's salary, pay rises and expenses, splashing the results in her student newspaper at the height of tension over lecturers' pay.
4. Provide actionable ways that others can act to gain bragging when they take the action you advocate.
A value, according to Rand, is "that which one acts to gain and/or keep".
The agency asked the Supreme Court to review a ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, which had found last April that the agency had erred in concluding Rambus had acted to gain a monopoly.
Most new relationships involve an individual who seeks out further contact with another person, who tries to learn more about that person, and who acts to gain the other's attention and approval.
Rand starts by describing value or "the good," in classical fashion, as the object of pursuit: "that which one acts to gain and/or keep" (1961b, p. 16).
*Flatly bar Freedom of Information Act efforts to gain information about detainees, because litigation over such issues costs the Justice Department resources.
Politically speaking, the specific Marxian programme was that the working class should form itself into a class-conscious body and act politically to gain power.
