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Verb to noun:
achieve
achievement
Verb to noun
require
requirement
verb to noun
Signify
significance
verb to noun (spell please!)
Occur
occurrence
Verb to noun
Establish
establishment
The company plans to expand its international operations.
The company plans an expansion of its international operations.
The company wants to improve its services.
The company wants to make an improvement to its services.
The city needs to reduce pollution.
The city needs to achieve a reduction in pollution.
The manager was satisfied with the results.
The manager expressed satisfaction with the results.
The teacher emphasized that regular practice is important.
The teacher emphasized the importance of regular practice.
People often feel depressed and powerless because they have no control over their lives.
Depression and powerlessness often result when individuals feel they lack control over their lives.
The students were very responsible during the project.
The students demonstrated great responsibility during the project.
I was sick for three days and I was unable to come to class.
My inability to come to class was due to three days of illness.
The organization wants to develop new educational programs.
The organization wants to promote the development of new educational programs.
I failed the examinations because I was lazy and did not work hard.
My failure in the examinations was due to laziness and a lack of hard work.
Wealth is distributed around the world very unfairly.
The distribution of the world's wealth is very unfair
OR
The distribution of wealth around the world is very unfair
The number of people consuming fast food increased significantly in 2005.
There was a significant increase in the number of people consuming fast food in 2005.
The government decided that taxes should increase by 15%. This caused concern amongst the population.
The government’s decision that taxes should increase by 15% caused concern amongst the population.
I analysed the data and it showed that uptake of the drug had increased.
The analysis of the data showed an increase in the uptake of the drug.
This information enables us to formulate precise questions.
This information enables the formulation of precise questions.
These figures assume that inflation will rise no higher than 2%.
One of the assumptions on inflation is that the figures will not rise higher than 2%.
The one primary issue to create value in a business is profits.
Value creation in a business is connected to the one primary issue of profits.
We evaluated the results and this explains the loss in revenue.
An evaluation of results provides an explanation of the loss in revenue.
The workers were efficient when completing the task.
The efficiency of the workers was evident when they completed the task.
The errors in the sentence were removed, which made it look much better.
The removal of the errors in the sentence made it look much better
OR
The removal of the sentence errors made it look much better