Problem: (1) Regressive assimilations are only conditioned by phonological factors while substitutions take into account semantic information .
(2) Regressive assimilations are caused only by phonological factors , while substitutions take semantic information into account .

Do (1) and (2) mean the same thing?

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A: yes

Please check if these have the same meaning.
It was published in the United Kingdom on 31 August 2004 and in the United States on 17 October 2005 .
It was published in the United States on 31 August 2004 and in the United Kingdom on 17 October 2005 .
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Answer: no

Problem: He also worked as a consulting research psychiatrist at State Hospital in Central Islip and director of research at South Oaks Psychiatric Hospital in Amityville .
He has also worked as a consulting research psychiatrist at the State Hospital in Amityville and a research director at the South Oaks Psychiatric Hospital in Central Islip .
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A: no

For free bodies , the specific force is the cause and measure of the proper acceleration of the body .
For free bodies , the specific force is the cause of , and a measure of , the body 's proper acceleration .

Are these two sentences paraphrases of each other? OPTIONS:
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yes

1. The nasal opening for the North American species is triangular , unlike that of the Eurasian race , which is square .
2. The nasal opening for North American species is triangular , unlike that of the Eurasian race , which is square .
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yes

1. In the 1982 elections , Abdul Rauf Ansari of Congress defeated his nearest rival Abul Hasan of CPIM .
2. In the 1982 election , Abdul Rauf Ansari of Congress defeated his nearest rival Abul Hasan of CPIM .
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yes