Complex sentence: Several months after becoming leader Downer's support base was quickly eroded, however, by a series of embarrassing public blunders, one such incident was the sacking of John Hewson from the shadow ministry in August 1994.
Split into simpler sentences: Several months after becoming leader Downer's support base was quickly eroded, however, by a series of embarrassing public blunders. One such incident was the sacking of John Hewson from the shadow ministry in August 1994.