Here are two sentences:

The transfers would reduce P & G 's worldwide work force to slightly less than 100,000 .

The transfers would reduce P & G ' s worldwide work force to slightly less than 100,000 , down from 110,000 several years ago .

no

Here are two sentences:

He said that most of the 250 persons living near the disaster site were asleep when the cloudburst took place late on Thursday evening .

Most of the 250 persons living near the disaster site were asleep when the cloudburst took place , the second such incident in three weeks .

no

Here are two sentences:

President Bush and top administration officials cited the threat from Iraq 's banned weapons programs as the main justification for going to war .

President Bush and top officials in his administration cited the threat from Iraq 's alleged chemical and biological weapons and nuclear weapons program as the main justification for going to war .
yes