All the rooms were stormed and the meeting tent was destroyed , as were statues and crucifixes in the small church .
All rooms were destroyed and the meeting tent was stormed , as were statues and crucifixes in the small church .

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no

1. The Brocklesby Stakes is a British horse race , notable as the traditional opening two-year-old race of the British Flat racing season .
2. The Brocklesby Stakes is a British horse race , remarkable as the traditional opening race of the British Flat racing season .
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yes

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The small institutions they founded would not have seemed to them like universities -- they were tiny and did not offer the higher degrees in medicine and theology .
The tiny institutions they founded would not have appeared to them like universities -- they were small and did not offer the higher qualifications in medicine and theology .
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Louisa Catherine had an illegitimate daughter , Sarah , March 22 , 1839 .
Sarah had an illegitimate daughter , Louisa Catherine , on 22 March 1839 .

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Problem: S1: The standards for 2005 were adopted by the California Energy Commission on 5 November 2003 and approved by the Building Standards Commission on July 21 , 2004 .
S2: The 2005 Standards were approved by the California Energy Commission on November 5 , 2003 , and adopted by the Building Standards Commission on July 21 , 2004 .

Do S1 & S2 convey the same information?

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A: no

Jonathan Dakers met Edie Martyn ( Beatrice Campbell ) as child .
As a child Jonathan Dakers met Edie Martyn ( Beatrice Campbell ) .

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yes