compliant with for in compliance with

[ostap77]

Would it work to substitute 'compliant with' for 'in compliance with' at the beginning of a sentence as in "Compliant with a court order, the company has ceased operations."?

 

[GoesStation]

No.

 

[Yankee]

Yes.

 

[jutfrank]

Yes.

Actually, no.

The phrase is in compliance with, not compliant with.

 

[tedmc]

What about "to comply with"?

 

[GoesStation]

What about "to comply with"?

That would also work.

 

[Yankee]

Actually, no.

The phrase is in compliance with, not compliant with.

Hmm.

"The company expects to be reclassified as soon as its factories are fully compliant with the Federal Clean Air Act." (Cambridge Dictionary)

 

[jutfrank]

"The company expects to be reclassified as soon as its factories are fully compliant with the Federal Clean Air Act." (Cambridge Dictionary)

That's a different use. I didn't mean that it's not ever possible to say compliant with. (I concede that my post #4 was misleading.)

Notice the different function that each phrase has in each sentence. Do you think they are directly interchangeable?