Complex sentence: They gave control of North Borneo to the British Crown on 18 July 1946 with the new colonial government has choose to moved the capital of North Borneo to Jesselton instead of rebuilding it as the cost to reconstruct the town are much high due to the devastating damage.
Split into simpler sentences: They gave control of North Borneo to the British Crown on 18 July 1946. The new colonial government chose to move the capital of North Borneo to Jesselton instead of rebuilding it as the cost to reconstruct the town was much high due to the devastating damage.