Freedom of the people

Here is another series of snippets we will combine at the end.

Gambling boldly

How could you restate this process to make it a thing?

In a bold gamble

Strikes were prohibited

How could you restate this process to make it a thing?

The prohibition on strikes

People had been repressed for a decade

How could you restate this process to make it a thing?

A decade of repression

Here is the original snippet in which these nominalisations appear:

“In a bold gamble, the prohibition on strikes was lifted and the draconian restrictions on the press eased, but after more than a decade of repression, the radical factions had little appetite for what they perceived as half measures.”

—Alex Butterworth, The World That Never Was