In this task, you're given a sentence and your task is to generate a simplified sentence that focuses on lexical paraphrasing from the original sentence given in the input.

[EX Q]: spandau was given city rights in 1232.
[EX A]: spandau was made a city in 1232.

[EX Q]: for instance , many of the germanic states -lrb- as well as english reformation -rrb- converted to protestantism in an attempt to slip out of the grasp of the pope.
[EX A]: for example , many of the germanic states -lrb- as well as english reformation -rrb- converted to protestantism as a means to break away from the authority of pope.

[EX Q]: such near-perihelion oppositions occur on a regular cycle every twenty-two years , with the last occurring in 1991 and the next in 2013.
[EX A]:
such near-perihelion oppositions occur on a regular cycle every twenty-two years , the last occurring in 1991 and the next in 2013.