"adopt measures to" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is often used to convey the idea of taking specific actions or steps to achieve a goal or address a problem. Example: In order to reduce carbon emissions, the government must adopt measures to promote the use of renewable energy sources.
They also adopt measures to reduce leakage rates, improve billing and the like.
The People's Bank of China may adopt measures to release more money into the system.
To qualify, Argentina agreed to adopt measures to restrain spending and try to restore the government's financial health.
We can take globalisation as a given and adopt measures to help compensate those who might naturally lose out.
The Hurriyat's Umar Farooq says India must soon adopt measures to persuade them that this is a serious peace effort.
Prime Minister Wen Jiabao had warned that the government was prepared to adopt measures to curb excesses in the stock markets, state media reported today.
Labour said the IMF report showed Osborne needed to adopt measures to boost growth without waiting to see if the situation deteriorated.
"Much more needs to be done to encourage potentially vulnerable sectors to adopt measures to mitigate the likely impacts," the report states.
European countries in the pollution's downwind path were forced to adopt measures to restrict their populations' consumption of water, milk, meat, and vegetables.
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights granted precautionary protection measures to the families of Buenaventura and ordered the Colombian state to adopt measures to safeguard their lives.
(The tax outline released Wednesday "contemplates" that Congress "will adopt measures to prevent" this kind of tax dodging. But there's no guarantee that will happen).
