The phrase "and trying to enforce" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing efforts to implement or uphold rules, laws, or policies.
Example: "The committee is focused on improving community safety and trying to enforce stricter regulations on noise levels."
Alternatives: "and attempting to implement" or "and working to uphold".
Throughout 2011, President Bashar al-Assad's forces and militia proxies moved freely through much of the country, building checkpoints, carrying out raids and trying to enforce its will.
"Who's directing the documentary?" I asked George, who was simultaneously rehearsing Tina, organizing the next three venues, working on a chapter of his book and trying to enforce his no-electronics rule on a redheaded girl from Time Magazine.
Santorum has long tried to get his Biblical principles taught to children in public schools — insisting that "creationism" should be in every American classroom, and trying to enforce that through riders to education bills when he was a senator.
Talks with Kodak employees, managers and outsiders paint a picture of a company that is setting strong antidiscrimination policies, and trying to enforce them -- but with varying degrees of success.
Such pacts are thriving in all industries, Mr. Carlinsky said, but particularly in high technology, where an extremely mobile work force and the high value of intellectual property have some companies drafting and trying to enforce strict noncompete clauses for employees at all levels.
In arguing against a preliminary injunction, it accuses the town of pandering to local opponents, violating the company's rights under the commerce clause of the United States Constitution and trying to enforce a vague and overly broad zoning requirement for site-plan approvals when business use intensified.
He has increased school spending and tried to enforce standards.
He notes that those militants who call for boycotts and try to enforce them with violence are losing the battle.
The next year the Cape authorities doubled the already controversial hut tax on the Sotho and tried to enforce the 1879 Disarmament Act, ordering the Sotho to disarm and hand in their guns.
China has long supported a policy of "indigenous innovation," which grants advantages to Chinese companies over foreign rivals, especially in technology industries, and tries to enforce technology transfer from foreign companies in business deals.
Imagine if the Education Department now wanted to go beyond the retraction and try to enforce a policy of requiring schools to treat all students according to their genitals, chromosomes, or sex assigned at birth.
