#comment-admin-buttons {
  float: left; /* LTR */
  margin-left: 0.5em; /* LTR */
  clear: right; /* LTR */
}

####################### and the themeing function #######################

function theme_comment_filters($form) {
  $output = '<ul class="clear-block">';
  if (!empty($form['current'])) {
    foreach (element_children($form['current']) as $key) {
      $output .= '<li>'. drupal_render($form['current'][$key]) .'</li>';
    }
  }

  $output .= '<li><dl class="multiselect">'. (!empty($form['current']) ? '<dt><em>'. t('and') .'</em> '. t('where') .'</dt>' : '') .'<dd class="a">';
  foreach (element_children($form['filter']) as $key) {
    $output .= drupal_render($form['filter'][$key]);
  }
  $output .= '</dd>';

  $output .= '<dt>'. t('is') .'</dt><dd class="b">';

  foreach (element_children($form['status']) as $key) {
    $output .= drupal_render($form['status'][$key]);
  }
  $output .= '</dd>';

  $output .= '</dl>';
  $output .= '<div class="container-inline" id="comment-admin-buttons">'. drupal_render($form['buttons']) .'</div>';
  $output .= '</li></ul>';

  return $output;
}