"figure in changing" is a grammatically correct phrase and can be used in written English.
It means to play a significant role in the process of changing. Example: The advent of technology has been a major figure in changing the way we communicate with each other.
"He was one of the key figures in changing 20 years of U.S. trade policy on patents and medicine," said James Love, director of Knowledge Ecology International, one of the organizations that shared Dr. Berkman's mission.
To list the basics of its many-faceted aspects: 11 figures dressed in changing costumes fashioned variously from silk, velvet, cardboard and aluminium enact a series of modern balletic movements.
Carl Smith, who has died aged 82, was a key figure in the changing sound of country music in the early 1950s.
By the time of the September 11th attacks on America, more files were changing hands than the CIA could readily process.With half a dozen security services represented in the cabinet, respect for human rights does not yet figure in a changing Sudan.
Instead, his notable contributions to the fields of zoology and anatomy and his participation in debates about the origin of the human mind, consciousness, and soul made him a central figure in the changing landscape of late-Victorian scientific culture.
Love him or hate him, General Petraus will be a key figure in fundamentally changing how we view issues of war and peace.
Elsewhere, senior figures are more successful in changing their organisations' approach.
I figured that because we were interested in changing the world, we would necessarily be a nonprofit.
And Mr. Honstein built a few Stravinskian gestures into "Marionette," an abstract assortment of explosive figures in constantly changing combinations of timbre.
Changing diagnosis routines is important in changing clinical practice.
