Complex sentence: The Great Storm of 1703 and a second storm in 1705 destroyed the "Lower Town" on the foreshore and proposed sea defences at a cost of £8,000 were described by Daniel Defoe as "more than the whole town was worth".
Split into simpler sentences: The Great Storm of 1703 and a second storm in 1705 destroyed the "Lower Town" on the foreshore. Proposed sea defences at a cost of £8,000 were described by Daniel Defoe as "more than the whole town was worth".