[Q]: Tehran has said it will only sign the protocol if a ban on imports of peaceful Western nuclear technology is lifted .
Tehran has made clear it will only sign the Additional Protocol introducing such inspections if a ban on the import of civilian Western nuclear technology is lifted .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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[A]: yes

Question:
S1: Appleton said police continue to hold out the possibility that more than one person was involved in the poisonings .
S2: He said investigators have not ruled out the possibility that more than one person was behind the poisonings .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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Answer:
yes

QUES: Frank Partnoy , a securities law professor at the University of San Diego , said the case suggested that Merrill 's oversight and control of its executives were inadequate .

Frank Partnoy , a securities-law professor at the University of San Diego School of Law , said the case suggests Merrill Lynch 's oversight and control of its executives was inadequate .

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

[Q]: On Thursday , authorities evacuated residents who live in the canyon and closed off the road leading there .

Authorities evacuated residents and closed off the road leading to Waterman Canyon .

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[A]: yes

Problem: Wwo sentences:
Tampering with medicine has been so lucrative that many of those arrested lived in million-dollar homes .
Tampering with medicine apparently was so lucrative , investigators said , that many of the suspects lived in million-dollar homes .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

Tonight a spokesman for Russia 's foreign ministry said the ministry may issue a statement on Thursday clarifying Russia 's position on cooperation with Iran 's nuclear-energy efforts .

Tonight a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said it might issue a statement on Thursday clarifying Russia 's position on aiding Iran 's nuclear-energy efforts .
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yes