Problem: Wwo sentences:
Advancing issues outnumbered decliners about 8 to 5 on the New York Stock Exchange .
Declining issues outnumbered advancers slightly more than 3 to 1 on the New York Stock Exchange .
Do they have the same meaning?

Answer: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
The report ranked 45 large companies based on employment , marketing , procurement , community reinvestment and charitable donations .
Of those three , only Dillard 's responded to the survey that ranked 45 large companies on employment , marketing , procurement , community reinvestment and charitable donations .
Do they have the same meaning?

Answer: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
Billy Hodge , 11 , is engrossed with the Harry Potter series books .
Indeed , the Harry Potter series stands in a class by itself .
Do they have the same meaning?

Answer: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
They worry the treatment could leave their son sterile , blind or even dead .
They fear the treatment would stunt the boy 's growth and leave him sterile .
Do they have the same meaning?

Answer:
no