Electronic sports for the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games 2017 were a demonstration sport .
Indoor sports for the 2017 Asian Electronic and Martial Arts Games was be a demonstration sport .

Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
no

Dirk and his son Sean finally leave the wilderness and discover that a war is brewing between the British and the Boers .
Finally the Dirk and his son Sean leave the wilderness and discover that a war is brewing between the British and the Bureau .

Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
yes

Clatsop County comprises the Astoria , OR Micropolitan Statistical Area and is located in the northwest - Oregon .
Clatsop County comprises the Astoria , OR Micropolitan Statistical Area and is located in Northwest Oregon .

Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
yes

There are Shorts listed in Kirkcudbrightshire east Scotland and a few McGirrs ; however , the McGirr name is far more prominent in Ireland than in Scotland .
There are shorts in the Kirkcudbrightshire East Scotland and a few McGirrs listed , but the name McGirr is much more prominent in Scotland than in Ireland .

Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
no