Sentence 1: The addition of this staff will increase the state's legal service's advocacy staff by over one-third.

Sentence 2: These are the first new hires in years.
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Sentence 1: My point is that any casual acquaintance is bound to lead to similar ones, because the surface of rock is exciting only at rare and lucky moments.

Sentence 2: Casual acquaintances will all lead to more.
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Sentence 1: He is easily distracted the critic John Leonard remarked in an appreciative review of Culture and Imperialism , answering too many fire alarms, sometimes to pour on more petrol.

Sentence 2: He responds to too many fire alarms and occasionally pours on more petrol, says John Leonard.
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yes