Complex sentence: In order to do this Holly needed money and as she didn't dare apply for a grant for fear of someone discovering the machine she went to work for the CID as a science officer and it was here that she met detective Jeff Slade.
Split into simpler sentences: In order to do this Holly needed money and as she didn't dare apply for a grant for fear of someone discovering the machine. So she went to work for the CID as a science officer and it was here that she met detective Jeff Slade.