QUES: Mr Charlton was in the third aisle when a man in a brown suit raced past him with his hands in the air , armed with the stakes .

He said a man in the seventh row in a " brown suit raced past me with his hands raised in the air " armed with sharp stakes .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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ANS: yes

QUES: At least 2 female patients sharing a room and 10 nurses have fevers or other symptoms , and about 100 people who have had contact with them have been quarantined .

At least two female patients sharing a room and 10 nurses now have fevers or other symptoms , and about 100 of their contacts have been quarantined .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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ANS: yes

QUES: " It seems to be following the sun , " said Graham Cluley , senior technology consultant at antivirus vendor Sophos .

" This is a clear attempt to pinch money , " said Graham Cluley , senior technology consultant with U.K.-based Sophos PLC .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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ANS:
no