Here are two sentences:

Malpractice victims say limits on damage payouts make it less likely lawyers will take cases , meaning access to justice could be denied .

Limits on damages make it less likely lawyers will take expensive cases , meaning access to justice is denied , they say .
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yes

Q: Novelist Michael Peterson was convicted Friday of murdering his wife , whose body was found in a pool of blood at the bottom of a staircase in their home .

A jury convicted novelist Michael Peterson Friday of bludgeoning his wife of five years in the stairwell of their home .

Please tell me if the sentences above mean the same.
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A: yes

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Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Robin Saunders , head of the bank 's London-based principal finance unit , is also expected to quit .
Robin Saunders , head of the principal finance unit , has made clear she has funding to buy parts of the business .

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no

input question: Last year , the board raised rents by 2 percent on one-year renewals , 4 percent on two-year leases .
For lofts , the board proposed increases of 4 percent for one-year leases and 7 percent for two-year renewals .

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output answer: yes

[Q]: Further out the curve , the benchmark 10-year note US10YT = RR shed 25 / 32 in price , taking its yield to 3.26 percent from 3.17 percent .
Early Wednesday , the benchmark 10-year US10YT = RR had lost 16 / 32 in price , driving its yield up to 3.33 percent from 3.26 percent late Tuesday .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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[A]: no

Q: The 1 5 / 8 percent note maturing in April 2005 gained 1 / 16 to 100 13 / 32 , lowering its yield 1 basis points to 1.41 percent .

The yield on the 3 percent note maturing in 2008 fell 22 basis points to 2.61 percent .

Please tell me if the sentences above mean the same.
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no