Question: Finally, with a satisfied sigh, he closed it, and came back to his position in the centre of the room.
There was a small rug in the center of the room.
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Answer: it is not possible to tell

Problem: Here is a premise:
FDA submitted the information collection request to OMB for approval at the time the proposed rule was published (January 3, 1997).

Here is a hypothesis:
At the time that the proposed rule was published, the FDA submitted an information collection request to OMB.

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Answer: yes

Sentence 1: Ongoing rate day coverage of traders waiting, guessing, floating rumors, cursing, waiting.

Sentence 2: A daily ongoing coverage of traders.
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Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: yes

Question:
Without hard evidence, the author believes that a presort discount of e of a cent might induce as many as 20 billion presorted pieces.

Does it follow that "A presort discount may induce as many as 20 billion presorted pieces."?
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Answer:
yes

Q: If Huge papers, the Houston Chronicle for instance, didn't send a staff writer., can we say that "The New York Times sent a writer."?
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A: it is not possible to tell

Question: It was cloying, sickly sweet.
He couldn't swallow a single drop of it.
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- it is not possible to tell
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Answer:
it is not possible to tell