Minus two points from Barack Obama if he says "Let's be clear" before embarking on a tortuous, multi-clause, paragraph-length sentence.
If any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this Ordinance shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional by the judge or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs or sections of this ordinance.
If any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this Ordinance shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional by the judgement or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not effect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs or sections of this ordinance.
If any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section of this Ordinance shall be declared invalid or unconstitutional by the judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality shall not effect any of the remaining phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs or sections of this Ordinance.
That explanation and the procedure is laid out in Rule X, Clause 11, paragraph (g) of the House of Representatives' standing rules.
The Government of the People's Republic of Mozambique shall be entitled to receive from HCB 28, 57% of the premium referred to in clause 11, paragraph 2), of the supply contract as a contribution towards the costs incurred by that Government.
The book's first, short chapter ends with a showy, atypical clause-clotted paragraph that I would quote here except that it would take forever.
In the case of an applicable dividend described in clause (iv) of paragraph (2)(A), the deduction under paragraph (1) shall be allowable in the taxable year of the corporation in which such dividend is used to repay the loan described in such clause.
Keep sentences shorter than you might in a written version, for the same reason that you spell out clearly what you are going to do; your audience wont be able to remember a lot of long clauses or paragraphs.
In Asomtavruli and Nuskhuri punctuation, various combinations of dots were used as word dividers and to separate phrases, clauses, and paragraphs.
