The family was a BBC television series from 1974 made by producer Franc Roddam and addressed by Paul Watson .
The Family was a 1974 BBC television series made by producer Franc Roddam , and directed by Paul Watson .

Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other?
yes

It is the result of an earlier gap created between Classical Latin and its evolved forms , which slowly reduced and eventually severed the intercomprehensibility between the two .
It is the result of an earlier gap between classical Latin and its developed forms , which slowly separated and eventually reduced the intercomprehensibility between the two .

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no

Then Hendrick attempted Dale Earnhardt to hire Tim Richmond , but not .
Afterwards , Hendrick attempted to hire Dale Earnhardt , then Tim Richmond , but did not .

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yes

The title defenders were Jana Novotna and Jim Pugh , but lost in the second round to Zina Garrison and Sherwood Stewart .
Zina Garrison and Sherwood Stewart were the defending champions but lost in the second round to Jana Novotna and Jim Pugh .

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no