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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 British Association for Applied Linguistics ( BAAL ) is an academic society .
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The British Association for Applied Linguistics ( BAAL ) is an academic society for professional applied linguists , language teachers and other interested parties , based in the United Kingdom .


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The Belgian Revolution was the secession of the Southern provinces from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands .
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The Belgian Revolution was the conflict which led to the secession of the southern provinces ( mainly the former Southern Netherlands ) from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and the establishment of an independent Kingdom of Belgium .


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The Cherokee believe that signs , visions , dreams and powers were all gifts of the spirits .
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The Cherokee held that signs , visions , dreams , and powers were all gifts of the spirits , and that their world was intertwined with and presided over by the spirit world .


