Question:
S1: General Motors Corp. posted a record 8.4 percent improvement in 2000 .
S2: General Motors Corp. posted the best-ever improvement in 2000 at 8.4 percent .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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Answer:
yes

QUES: The legislation opens the way for police and other personnel to be deployed to the Solomons and to carry out law enforcement functions .

" Once the legislation enters into force , it opens the way for police and other personnel to be deployed to Solomon Islands and to carry out law-enforcement functions .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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ANS: yes

[Q]: " We 've put a lot of effort and energy into improving our patching progress , probably later than we should have .

" We have put a lot of energy into patching , later than we should have , " he said .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
All five were charged with robbery and criminal impersonation of a police officer .
The teens are being held on charges of robbery and criminal impersonation of a police officer , sources said .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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- yes

Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

Knight had 29 interceptions in his six years with the Saints , including 17 the last three seasons .

Knight has 29 interceptions in six seasons , all with New Orleans -- including a team-high five last season .
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no

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Two of the six people who testified before Congress Wednesday were engaged in a bitter dispute about airing Yankees games .
Two of the six people that testified to Congress today were engaged in a bitter dispute over airing Yankees games .

OPTIONS:
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- yes
A:
yes