The phrase "adopting practical measures" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the implementation of effective and realistic actions or strategies to address a particular issue or situation.
Example: "In response to the rising pollution levels, the government is focused on adopting practical measures to improve air quality."
Alternatives: "implementing effective strategies" or "taking realistic actions".
The president said neglecting the Syrian-Israel dispute was a prime example of the Bush administration's preaching of visionary change to the Middle East without adopting practical measures to attain it.
A11 Syrian Call for U.S. Involvement President Bashar al-Assad of Syria called for the United States to use its influence to revive negotiations between his country and Israel, saying neglecting the dispute was a prime example of the Bush administration's preaching of visionary change without adopting practical measures to attain it.
The impasse that was evident in Copenhagen last year and is likely to reappear in Cancún arises in part from the inability of China, India, Europe and the United States to show that they are adopting practical measures to slow climate change.
The report that has been presented to you today is a document that is both vast and ambitious, because it attempts to provide an overview of the situation of fundamental rights in the European Union and its Member States and because it calls on the national authorities and the European institutions to adopt practical measures.
While they emphasized that they are and have always been supportive of each other, over the last five-and-a-half years they have adopted certain practical measures.
But the focus should be on the measures we can take, the practical measures".
JERUSALEM, 6 March 2013 – UNICEF today outlined practical measures that could be adopted to improve the treatment of Palestinian children who are in contact with the Israeli military detention system.
Palestinian children need improved protection in Israeli military detention – UNICEF JERUSALEM, 6 March 2013 – UNICEF today outlined practical measures that could be adopted to improve the treatment of Palestinian children who are in contact with the Israeli military detention system.
The Model Strategies, several years in the making, include the panoply of practical measures that governments are being encouraged to adopt, and that UNICEF, the UN Human Rights Office and others are ready to support on the ground.
The public need practical measures.
What we have introduced is a series of practical measures to address practical problems.
