Sentence 1: You would, of course, go in the character of my ward, and you would hold no communication with your friends.

Sentence 2: You would go in my ward and be cut off from your friends.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: yes

Sentence 1: It seems to me an unnecessary expense to spend many millions of dollars to reduce a few people's travel time by five minutes.

Sentence 2: I do not believe that spending millions of dollars for modest improvements in travel time for a few people is a good idea.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: yes

Sentence 1: And malignancy develops slowly.

Sentence 2: Malignancy is not a speedy process.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer:
yes