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In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
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In these early days , most basketball games were played against nearby YMCA teams .
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In those early days , the majority of the basketball games were played against nearby YMCA teams , with YMCAs across the nation having played an integral part in the birth of basketball .


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A provisional government is a government set up in an emergency when a political void has been created by the collapse of a government .
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A provisional government , also called an interim government or transitional government , is an emergency governmental authority set up to manage a political transition generally in the cases of new nations or following the collapse of the previous governing administration .


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Although he was the second ( 1817 – 1823 ) , he is considered one of Chile 's founding fathers .
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Although he was the second Supreme Director of Chile ( 1817 – 1823 ) , he is considered one of Chile 's founding fathers , as he was the first holder of this title to head a fully independent Chilean state .