The phrase "acting to put" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing the action of taking steps or measures to place something in a particular position or situation.
Example: "The committee is acting to put new policies in place to improve workplace safety."
Alternatives: "taking steps to establish" or "working to implement".
6) states that we Americans should learn from Japan's mistakes: That nation was too timid in acting to put its fiscal and financial house in order.
Something I've been finding fascinating recently is how hard it is to write about acting, to put into words what an actor's performance is like.
Growing the adult prison population of the future, rather than acting to put things right, does little or nothing to prevent the next victim of crime.
"We have repeatedly warned Hamas that this must stop and Israel's defence forces are currently acting to put an end of this once and for all," said Netanyahu's spokesman, Mark Regev.
I am a huge Batman fan but I have never enjoyed Affleck's acting, to put it mildly.
Atonement may involve suffering in recompense for the wrongs, and it certainly includes acting to put an end to those wrongs, even if it is costly to do so.
In the summer of 2009 three recent graduates of the Brown/Trinity Rep M.F.A. program in acting decided to put on a show.
"I am impressed with the profit-generating abilities of this franchise, and that they are acting aggressively to put their challenges behind them.
The New Yorker, February 24 , 1951P. 23 The Westchester Country Club employs the services of a professional acting company to put on a play for children.
By Michael O'Donovan and Geoffrey T. Hellman The New Yorker, February 24 , 1951P. 23 The Westchester Country Club employs the services of a professional acting company to put on a play for children.
It was clear from his testimony that Mr Diamond thought the bank would get more credit than it had for acting swiftly to put things right; for co-operating fully with investigators; for the £100m it had spent on an internal audit; and for being the first bank to settle.Mr Diamond said he was "physically ill" when he read the e-mails sent by his errant traders.
