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Your original question was about how to avoid writing complex sentences, and, as a couple of people have already intimated, perhaps you shouldn't. As I mentioned, I struggle with the same problem. I resolve it with editing, which I haven't done much of for my current work. Every time I re-read it, I look for opportunities to trim words, re-write a sentence, or "tighten things up". The re-writes of your passage provided by Chris Johns and RamblingChicken above are, to my view, excellent representations of what you wanted to say. Using the guidance they provide, you can arrive at the same final product; something you'll be happy with.

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