The phrase "actions to compel" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where one is discussing measures taken to force or urge someone to do something.
Example: "The organization took actions to compel compliance with the new regulations."
Alternatives: "measures to enforce" or "steps to urge".
Some Democrats, however, said they thought Mr. Pataki should re-examine his commitment to free trade and take some actions to compel the utilities to build more transmission lines and improve the infrastructure throughout the state.
Lord Saville has lost court actions to compel the soldiers to come here, and this week he announced that the inquiry would move to England this summer to take their testimony there.
Investors in mortgage securities, which include pension funds and insurance companies, are currently embroiled in numerous lawsuits and private actions to compel banks to repurchase faulty mortgages.
First, there must be the use or threat of action to compel a government or to intimidate the public.
The journalist Joan Smith has become the group's new Executive Director, promising renewed action to compel the newspaper companies to abide by Leveson's proposals.
Collins said it was conceivable that lawyers acting for alleged victims would take legal action to compel police forces to hand over their files on Savile.
Westchester agreed to "take legal action to compel compliance if municipalities hinder or impede the county" in complying with the agreement.
Lawyers for the campaigner and three media organisations – the Guardian, BBC's Newsnight and the Press Association – are taking legal action to compel prosecutors to give an explanation.
If the board does not do that, he said, an individual shareholder can take legal action to compel it to fulfill its obligations.
Blaming undocumented Hispanic workers for rising crime rates in Farmingville, a Suffolk County legislator wants to bring court action to compel the Immigration and Naturalization Service to move against illegal immigrants in the county.
Rohm's terse statement did not say what these methods might be, but you have to figure it will be looking at legal action to compel Dow to complete the $18.8 billion takeover.
