[Q]: Close behind was India , 14.3 percent , followed by Thailand and the Philippines .

The largest supplier of medicines was Canada , followed by India , Thailand and the Philippines .

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[A]: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
At his sentencing , Avants had tubes in his nose and a portable oxygen tank beside him .
Avants , wearing a light brown jumpsuit , had tubes in his nose and a portable oxygen tank beside him .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

If the deal is approved , EMC will operate Legato as a software division of EMC headquartered in Mountain View , Calif .

EMC intends to operate Legato as a software division of EMC from Legato 's current base in California .
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no

Q: Standing with reporters and photographers about 150 yards from the prison gates was Brent Newbury , president of the Rockland County Patrolmen 's Benevolent Association .

" The whole thing is a travesty , " fumed Brent Newbury , president of the Rockland County Patrolmen 's Benevolent Association .

Please tell me if the sentences above mean the same.
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A: no

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
WorldCom 's financial troubles came to light last year and the company subsequently filed for bankruptcy in July , 2002 .
WorldCom 's problems came to light last year , and the company filed for the largest bankruptcy in US history in July 2002 , citing massive accounting irregularities .

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no

QUES: Protesters had been calling for an end to the country 's hard-line establishment and for supreme leader Khamenei 's death .

The protesters denounced the country 's supreme leader , hard-liner Ayatollah Ali Khamenei .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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no