[I]n practice, small deformations will occur in the shell on striking the shuttering, or... alternatively, some small deformations are due to slightly imperfect placing of the original formwork.

If you included more than one embodiment and if the overall appearance or scope of the each embodiment is patentably distinct, a restriction will be required even though all embodiments are functionally the same.

“So how are you getting on at UCL?” said Penny kindly, as if it must be a sorry comedown after Oxford.

The earthquake took many lives.