Complex sentence: Robert stood as the engineering authority when a bill was presented to Parliament in 1832 and during cross-examination, it was suggested that he had allowed too steep an angle on the side of the cutting at Tring.
Split into simpler sentences: Robert stood as the engineering authority when a bill was presented to parliament in 1832. During cross-examination, it was suggested that he had allowed too steep an angle on the side of the cutting at Tring.