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In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
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The volume of mercury in the tube is much less than the volume in the bulb .
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It consists of a bulb containing mercury attached to a glass tube of narrow diameter ; the volume of mercury in the tube is much less than the volume in the bulb .

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Researcher Mark Changizi of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York thinks optical illusions are due to a ' neural lag ' .
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Researcher Mark Changizi of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York has a more imaginative take on optical illusions , saying that they are due to a neural lag which most humans experience while awake .

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The Palace of Whitehall was the main home of the English kings and queens in London , from 1530 until 1698 , when all except Inigo Jones 's 1622 Banqueting House was destroyed by fire .
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The Palace of Whitehall ( or Palace of White Hall ) at Westminster , Middlesex , was the main residence of the English monarchs from 1530 until 1698 , when most of its structures , except for Inigo Jones 's Banqueting House of 1622 , were destroyed by fire .