Q: On July 3 , Troy is expected to be sentenced to life in prison without parole .

Troy faces life in prison without parole at his July 30 sentencing .

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

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Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Lee told the newspaper that the girl had dragged the food , toys and other things into her mother 's bedroom , where he found her .
Lee , 33 , said the girl had dragged the food , toys and other things into her mother 's bedroom .

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yes

input question: Santa Clara-based Intel had sought the injunction , arguing that Hamidi was trespassing on its computer servers just as though he were intruding on private property .
A lower court had considered Hamidi to be trespassing on the Santa Clara-based chipmaker 's servers , just as if somebody were squatting on a piece of physical private property .

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output answer: yes

[Q]: But the FBI never kept tabs on al-Bayoumi - even though it had received information that he was a Saudi agent , the document says .
But the bureau never kept tabs on al-Bayoumi despite receiving prior information he was a secret Saudi agent , the report says .
(See options at the end). If the first sentence is true, is the second one also true?
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[A]: yes

Question:
S1: The United States only agreed to let the agency back into Iraq after repeated warnings by IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei .
S2: Washington only agreed to let the U.N. mission into Iraq after repeated warnings by IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei .
Are S1 and S2 the same?
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yes

input question: More than 6,000 companies must get shareholders ' approval before granting their executives options and other stock compensation packages , the Securities and Exchange Commission said Monday .
Companies trading on the biggest stock markets must get shareholder approval before granting stock options and other equity compensation under rules cleared yesterday by the Securities and Exchange Commission .

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output answer:
yes