Here are two sentences:

Respondents who rated current business conditions as " bad " increased to 30.4 % from 28.1 % in June .

" Those rating present business conditions as ' bad ' increased to 30.4 per cent from 28.1 per cent , " the report said .
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yes

Here are two sentences:

The stalemate , over less than 1 percent of the budget , is more about politics than policy .

The stalemate involved less than 1 percent of the budget and had little to do with policy but everything to do with politics .
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yes

Here are two sentences:

The broader Standard & Poor 's 500 Index .SPX was up 3.41 points , or 0.35 percent , at 967.00 , also its highest close so far this year .

The broader Standard & Poor 's 500 Index .SPX was down 0.04 points , or 0 percent , at 971.52 .
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no