Complex sentence: As in the previous serials, Urquhart chooses a female protege (though this time without the mediation of his wife): he appoints the ambitious backbencher Claire Carlsen his Parliamentary Private Secretary.
Split into simpler sentences: As in the previous serials, Urquhart chooses a female protégé (although this time without the mediation of his wife). He appoints the ambitious backbencher Claire Carlsen as his Parliamentary Private Secretary.