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Do these sentences have the same meaning?
BT said the combination would have an immediate impact on subscriptions with 60,000 additional customers between September and March , 2004 .
BT said it expected the combination to reap 60,000 additional customers between September and March , 2004 .
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yes

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Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Tampering with medicine has been so lucrative that many of those arrested lived in million-dollar homes .
Tampering with medicine apparently was so lucrative , investigators said , that many of the suspects lived in million-dollar homes .
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yes

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Do these sentences have the same meaning?
The board is investigating whether a shortage of funds in the shuttle program compromised safety .
The board is investigating whether this compromised safety on the shuttle .
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yes

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Do these sentences have the same meaning?
Washington , however , said more was needed to prevent complaints being filed in the first place .
But the US insisted it wanted more done to prevent complaints being filed in the first place , preferably by repealing the entire law .
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no