Same meaning?
My Brother Is a Dog is a 2004 film directed by Peter Timm and starring Maria Ehrich , Martin Lindow and Christine Newbauer .
My brother is a dog is a film from 2004 by Peter Timm and Christine Newbauer , Martin Lindow and Maria Ehrich directed .

Answer: no

Same meaning?
Penn State has won eight titles , and then both Oklahoma and Iowa State have each won seven championships .
Iowa State has won eight titles , and Oklahoma and Penn State have won seven championships each .

Answer: no

Same meaning?
In this way , it was possible to combine literally dozens of separate tracks and record them into finished recordings of great complexity .
In this way it was possible to literally combine dozens of separate tracks and include them in finished recordings of great complexity .

Answer: yes

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Additional mixing was carried out by Bill Malina , with assistance from Rice and Ghazi Hourani .
Additional mixing was carried out by Bill Malina , with support from Rice and Ghazi Hourani .

Answer:
yes