[Q]: Advancers outnumbered decliners 1,821 to 1,199 on the New York Stock Exchange on volume of just over 480 million shares .

Advancing issues outnumbered decliners by a 4-to-3 ratio on the New York Stock Exchange .

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[A]: no

Problem: Wwo sentences:
Fires in Spain 's Extremadura region , which borders Portugal , have forced hundreds of people to evacuate their homes .
Fires in Spain 's Extramadura region bordering Portugal , and Avila province forced hundreds of people to leave their homes .
Do they have the same meaning? OPTIONS:
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Answer: yes

Here are two sentences:

Aileen Boyle , a Simon & Schuster spokeswoman , declined to comment on any potential legal action .

Simon & Schuster declined comment on the potential lawsuit and would not confirm the contents of the story .
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no

Q: Its legal representatives began meeting with plaintiffs ' attorneys last week to discuss a settlement .

Attorneys for both the archdiocese and the plaintiffs began meeting last week to reach the out-of-court settlement .

Please tell me if the sentences above mean the same.
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A: yes

Q:
Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Police searched Tanzi 's home near Parma on Wednesday , and prosecutors had sought to interrogate him that day only to find he had left Italy for an undisclosed foreign country .
Magistrates searched Tanzi 's home near Parma on Wednesday and tried to question him the same day , only to find he had left Italy for an undisclosed foreign country .

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yes

QUES: The conservancy helped in the purchase of the land from the Estate of Samuel Mills Damon for $ 22 million .

The park service purchased the land from the estate of Samuel Mills Damon for $ 22 million .

The sentences above mean the same or not?
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no