1. He is old/aged. 

→   HIS OLD AGE/  THE FACT THAT HE IS OLD/AGED

DESPITE (N) HIS OLD AGE 

→ HIS OLD AGE/ HIM BEING OLD/AGED/ THE FACT THAT HE IS OLD/AGED

1. He didn’t speak Dutch. 

→ HIS LACK OF DUTCH LANGUAGE SKILLS/ HIM NOT SPEAKING DUTCH/ THE FACT THAT HE DIDN'T SPEAK DUTCH

1. The sea is rough. 

→ THE ROUGH SEA/ THE FACT THAT THE SEA IS ROUGH

1. His leg was broken.

→ HIS BROKEN LEG/ THE FACT THAT HIS LEG WAS BROKEN

1. The cost of living in Britain is high. 

→ THE HIGH COST OF LIVING IN BRITAIN/ THE FACT THAT THE COST OF LIVING IN BRITAIN IS HIGH

1. His book was unsuccessful. 

→ HIS UNSUCCESSFUL BOOK/ THE FACT THAT HIS BOOK WAS UNSUCCESSFUL

1. He doesn’t ask her. 

→ HIS FAILURE TO ASK HER/ THE FACT THAT HE DOESN'T ASK HER

1. The train was cancelled. 

→ THE CANCELLED TRAIN/ THE FACT THAT THE TRAIN WAS CANCELLED

1. I was exhausted. 

→ MY EXHAUSTION/ THE FACT THAT I WAS EXHAUSTED

1. The chemicals were properly combined. 

→ THE PROPER COMBINATION OF CHEMICALS/ THE FACT THAT THE CHEMICALS WERE PROPERLY COMBINED