Complex sentence: The order was given to construct an airfield at the Colombo Racecourse Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton and D S Senanayake, minister of Agriculture and Lands (later th 1st Prime Minister) was given the task of its construction.
Split into simpler sentences: The order was given to construct an airfield at the Colombo Racecourse. Admiral Layton and D S Senanayake, minister of Agriculture and Lands (later th 1st Prime Minister) was given the task of its construction.