Sentence 1: But there was no easing of the pain that threatened to make him black out at any second.

Sentence 2: The pain was about to make him black out.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: yes

Sentence 1: Even so, analysts' recommendations have manifested the Wall Street equivalent of grade inflation.

Sentence 2: The price level has been blown up by the analysis.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer: yes

Sentence 1: 5 A new generation of wet FGD systems, pioneered in the mid to late 1990's, improved mass transfer, which resulted in the usage of more compact absorbers that are estimated to require 50 percent less material, compared to an older generation of wet FGD systems.

Sentence 2: The older wet FGD systems were slowly becoming unusable.
Is this second sentence entailed by the first?

Answer:
it is not possible to tell