Sentence 1: These lawyers might make the case that even tobacco companies have rights, and that the public interest actually was served by getting these companies a better bargain.

Sentence 2: It's possible the lawyers could argue that tobacco companies are deserving of rights.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: yes

Sentence 1: Gentler footpaths radiate from it on to the vast commons of Brampton and Martindale, but the main part of this route is not for the inexperienced or the unfit.

Sentence 2: The main part of the route is a more difficult footpath than the paths leading to the commons of Brampton and Martindale.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: yes

Sentence 1: Jon holstered the pistol, the barrel still smoking, on his left hip.

Sentence 2: Jon put the gun on his hip holster.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer:
yes