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id_3900
Manufacturing around the globe is being hit by strong increases in the cost of commodities. In some industries, such as the automotive sector, it is common that contracts require annual price reductions. This means that manufacturers in these sectors are unable to pass on price increases. In other sectors there seems t...
You can infer from the passage that some automotive manufacturers will have to cease trading.
contradiction
id_3901
Manufacturing around the globe is being hit by strong increases in the cost of commodities. In some industries, such as the automotive sector, it is common that contracts require annual price reductions. This means that manufacturers in these sectors are unable to pass on price increases. In other sectors there seems t...
You would expect the immediate effect of this price pressure to be the erosion of margins.
entailment
id_3902
Manufacturing around the globe is being hit by strong increases in the cost of commodities. In some industries, such as the automotive sector, it is common that contracts require annual price reductions. This means that manufacturers in these sectors are unable to pass on price increases. In other sectors there seems t...
The passage implies that commodity price inflation is the most serious threat to manufacturers.
contradiction
id_3903
Many barristers hold that the compensation culture is in fact hype and imagined. They rely on the fact that the number of compensation cases going through the courts is falling. Others believe that they are wrong because the figure excludes the large increase in the numbers of claims brought to industrial tribunals and...
The case made for the compensation culture is entirely anecdotal.
contradiction
id_3904
Many barristers hold that the compensation culture is in fact hype and imagined. They rely on the fact that the number of compensation cases going through the courts is falling. Others believe that they are wrong because the figure excludes the large increase in the numbers of claims brought to industrial tribunals and...
The warnings printed on paper cups stating that the drink inside is hot so we should exercise extreme caution could be used as another example of how the fear of being sued has impacted on everyday life.
entailment
id_3905
Many barristers hold that the compensation culture is in fact hype and imagined. They rely on the fact that the number of compensation cases going through the courts is falling. Others believe that they are wrong because the figure excludes the large increase in the numbers of claims brought to industrial tribunals and...
If you discount claims that originate from employment then the view that we now face a higher risk of a claim for compensation is indeed imagined.
entailment
id_3906
Many businesses have clients, suppliers and employees all over the world. Keeping up with the demands of an international corporation would be impossible, or at least incredibly difficult, without a modern communications infrastructure. Today, with e-mail, cell phones, teleconferencing and video chats, it is possible t...
Thanks to modern communications infrastructure, conversational pleasantries have become uncommon.
neutral
id_3907
Many businesses have clients, suppliers and employees all over the world. Keeping up with the demands of an international corporation would be impossible, or at least incredibly difficult, without a modern communications infrastructure. Today, with e-mail, cell phones, teleconferencing and video chats, it is possible t...
Modern communications are of great importance for an international business.
entailment
id_3908
Many businesses have clients, suppliers and employees all over the world. Keeping up with the demands of an international corporation would be impossible, or at least incredibly difficult, without a modern communications infrastructure. Today, with e-mail, cell phones, teleconferencing and video chats, it is possible t...
A businessperson is always available to their clients, thanks to laptops and Smartphones.
neutral
id_3909
Many businesses now recognise that there are wide-ranging benefits to begained from offering their workforce flexible working arrangements. These arrangements can include being able to work from home, job sharing, part-time working and being able to choose when to complete agreed hours, for example through working fewe...
Flexible working arrangements are conducive to better job satisfaction for employees.
entailment
id_3910
Many businesses now recognise that there are wide-ranging benefits to begained from offering their workforce flexible working arrangements. These arrangements can include being able to work from home, job sharing, part-time working and being able to choose when to complete agreed hours, for example through working fewe...
Employees are legally entitled to work flexible hours if they request to do so.
contradiction
id_3911
Many businesses now recognise that there are wide-ranging benefits to begained from offering their workforce flexible working arrangements. These arrangements can include being able to work from home, job sharing, part-time working and being able to choose when to complete agreed hours, for example through working fewe...
Employers may save on recruitment costs if they introduce flexible working hours.
entailment
id_3912
Many dual-career parents are concerned about arrangements for their children during the summer months when the children are at home. There are several ways that employers can cope with this problem: allowing the dual wife or husband to have a lighter load during these months, allowing the dual wife or husband to build ...
The best solution to the problem is to lighten the workload of one or both of the parents during the summer months.
neutral
id_3913
Many dual-career parents are concerned about arrangements for their children during the summer months when the children are at home. There are several ways that employers can cope with this problem: allowing the dual wife or husband to have a lighter load during these months, allowing the dual wife or husband to build ...
Students training in primary education can assist with the provision of arrangements for children during the summer holidays.
entailment
id_3914
Many dual-career parents are concerned about arrangements for their children during the summer months when the children are at home. There are several ways that employers can cope with this problem: allowing the dual wife or husband to have a lighter load during these months, allowing the dual wife or husband to build ...
4 Building up a backlog of working time is an easy-to-implement solution for coping with the problem of working parents summer arrangements.
contradiction
id_3915
Many dual-career parents are concerned about arrangements for their children during the summer months when the children are at home. There are several ways that employers can cope with this problem: allowing the dual wife or husband to have a lighter load during these months, allowing the dual wife or husband to build ...
Increasingly, both parents of children are pursuing their own careers.
neutral
id_3916
Many employees of the organisation applied for special sabbatical leaves of two years to pursue higher education
The management of the organisation may not grand leave of most of these employees.
neutral
id_3917
Many employees of the organisation applied for special sabbatical leaves of two years to pursue higher education
These employees may be able to complete their education during the sabbatical leave.
entailment
id_3918
Many graduates opt to house-share during the beginning of their careers. A benefit of this is that it provides the opportunity to save money; it reduces rent without compromising the standard of accommodation. In this way, house-sharing is often a popular option. However, living in close proximity with non-family membe...
House-sharing is a popular option amongst graduates
entailment
id_3919
Many graduates opt to house-share during the beginning of their careers. A benefit of this is that it provides the opportunity to save money; it reduces rent without compromising the standard of accommodation. In this way, house-sharing is often a popular option. However, living in close proximity with non-family membe...
Graduates live with their house-mates for much less than one year.
contradiction
id_3920
Many graduates opt to house-share during the beginning of their careers. A benefit of this is that it provides the opportunity to save money; it reduces rent without compromising the standard of accommodation. In this way, house-sharing is often a popular option. However, living in close proximity with non-family membe...
House-sharing became popular in the nineteen-fifties.
neutral
id_3921
Many graduates opt to house-share during the beginning of their careers. A benefit of this is that it provides the opportunity to save money; it reduces rent without compromising the standard of accommodation. In this way, house-sharing is often a popular option. However, living in close proximity with non-family membe...
A source of disruption between house-mates is tax.
contradiction
id_3922
Many historians have done more harm than good by distorting truth.
People believe what is reported by the historians.
entailment
id_3923
Many historians have done more harm than good by distorting truth.
Historians are seldom expected to depict the truth.
neutral
id_3924
Many organisations predict that the global water crisis presents this centurys biggest threat. Today 84% of people in developing countries have access to clean water, 2 billion more than in 1990. However, millions still lack clean water for drinking and sanitation, posing a major health threat. In the developed world, ...
The main impediment to desalination is expense.
neutral
id_3925
Many organisations predict that the global water crisis presents this centurys biggest threat. Today 84% of people in developing countries have access to clean water, 2 billion more than in 1990. However, millions still lack clean water for drinking and sanitation, posing a major health threat. In the developed world, ...
Both technological innovation and diplomacy are needed to tackle the worlds water crisis.
entailment
id_3926
Many organisations predict that the global water crisis presents this centurys biggest threat. Today 84% of people in developing countries have access to clean water, 2 billion more than in 1990. However, millions still lack clean water for drinking and sanitation, posing a major health threat. In the developed world, ...
The irrigation of crops comprises the majority of groundwater usage.
neutral
id_3927
Many organisations predict that the global water crisis presents this centurys biggest threat. Today 84% of people in developing countries have access to clean water, 2 billion more than in 1990. However, millions still lack clean water for drinking and sanitation, posing a major health threat. In the developed world, ...
The global water crisis has resulted in less of the worlds population having access to fresh water
neutral
id_3928
Many organisations predict that the global water crisis presents this centurys biggest threat. Today 84% of people in developing countries have access to clean water, 2 billion more than in 1990. However, millions still lack clean water for drinking and sanitation, posing a major health threat. In the developed world, ...
Despite increasing rainfall in some areas, climate change is the main cause of the global water crisis.
neutral
id_3929
Many organizations find it beneficial to employ students over the summer. Permanent staff often wish to take their own holidays over this period. Furthermore, it is not uncommon for companies to experience peak workloads in the summer and require extra staff. Summer employment aslo attracts students who may return as w...
Students in summer employment are given the same paid holiday benefit as permanent staff.
contradiction
id_3930
Many organizations find it beneficial to employ students over the summer. Permanent staff often wish to take their own holidays over this period. Furthermore, it is not uncommon for companies to experience peak workloads in the summer and require extra staff. Summer employment aslo attracts students who may return as w...
Students are subject to the organizations standard disciplinary and grievance procedures.
neutral
id_3931
Many organizations find it beneficial to employ students over the summer. Permanent staff often wish to take their own holidays over this period. Furthermore, it is not uncommon for companies to experience peak workloads in the summer and require extra staff. Summer employment aslo attracts students who may return as w...
Some companies have more work to do in summer when students are available for vacation work.
entailment
id_3932
Many organizations find it beneficial to employ students over the summer. Permanent staff often wish to take their own holidays over this period. Furthermore, it is not uncommon for companies to experience peak workloads in the summer and require extra staff. Summer employment aslo attracts students who may return as w...
It is possible that permanent staff who are on holiday can have their work carried out by students.
entailment
id_3933
Many organizations have switched over to online mode of examinations.
Online mode of examinations helps in recruiting more capable personnel.
neutral
id_3934
Many organizations have switched over to online mode of examinations.
Candidate from all parts of the country may be well- versed using computers.
entailment
id_3935
Many people are aware that high cholesterol contributes to heart disease, but they will be surprised to learn that cholesterol performs essential functions in the human body. A lipid made in the liver and found in animal cell membranes, cholesterol is used to repair tissues and digest fat, as well as in the manufacture...
To maximise blood flow in the arteries, HDL levels should be minimised.
contradiction
id_3936
Many people are aware that high cholesterol contributes to heart disease, but they will be surprised to learn that cholesterol performs essential functions in the human body. A lipid made in the liver and found in animal cell membranes, cholesterol is used to repair tissues and digest fat, as well as in the manufacture...
Making dietary changes is the only way to lower bad cholesterol levels.
neutral
id_3937
Many people are aware that high cholesterol contributes to heart disease, but they will be surprised to learn that cholesterol performs essential functions in the human body. A lipid made in the liver and found in animal cell membranes, cholesterol is used to repair tissues and digest fat, as well as in the manufacture...
Not everyone is aware of the true effect of cholesterol on ones health.
entailment
id_3938
Many people are aware that high cholesterol contributes to heart disease, but they will be surprised to learn that cholesterol performs essential functions in the human body. A lipid made in the liver and found in animal cell membranes, cholesterol is used to repair tissues and digest fat, as well as in the manufacture...
Vegetarians are likely to have lower levels of bad cholesterol, as they do not eat meat.
neutral
id_3939
Many people are aware that high cholesterol contributes to heart disease, but they will be surprised to learn that cholesterol performs essential functions in the human body. A lipid made in the liver and found in animal cell membranes, cholesterol is used to repair tissues and digest fat, as well as in the manufacture...
Full-fat dairy products have no effect on a persons levels of LDL.
contradiction
id_3940
Many people wonder why children aren't taught grammar and punctuation at school. Many of our teachers today are the product of the same education system that they now teach in and so the simple answer is that they have never learnt it themselves. In recent years there have been significant improvements in the level of ...
The teaching of grammar and punctuation does not feature in the school curriculum.
neutral
id_3941
Many people wonder why children aren't taught grammar and punctuation at school. Many of our teachers today are the product of the same education system that they now teach in and so the simple answer is that they have never learnt it themselves. In recent years there have been significant improvements in the level of ...
The meaning of the sentence would be unaffected if we substituted the words significant and range with meaningful and spectrum.
entailment
id_3942
Many people wonder why children aren't taught grammar and punctuation at school. Many of our teachers today are the product of the same education system that they now teach in and so the simple answer is that they have never learnt it themselves. In recent years there have been significant improvements in the level of ...
The author does not think that placing an adverb in the wrong place or leaving out a prepositional phrase are elementary errors in grammar.
entailment
id_3943
Many people wonder why children aren't taught grammar and punctuation at school. Many of our teachers today are the product of the same education system that they now teach in and so the simple answer is that they have never learnt it themselves. In recent years there have been significant improvements in the level of ...
The author would agree that the reading and writing skills of children of school leaving age have improved.
entailment
id_3944
Many people wonder why children aren't taught grammar and punctuation at school. Many of our teachers today are the product of the same education system that they now teach in and so the simple answer is that they have never learnt it themselves. In recent years there have been significant improvements in the level of ...
The passage says that teachers cant teach grammar and punctuation because they have not been taught it themselves.
contradiction
id_3945
Many perfumes are diamonds. All aspirins are powder. No perfume is powder.
Some diamonds are powders.
contradiction
id_3946
Many perfumes are diamonds. All aspirins are powder. No perfume is powder.
Some diamonds are not aspirin.
entailment
id_3947
Many perfumes are diamonds. All aspirins are powder. No perfume is powder.
Some diamonds are not powders.
entailment
id_3948
Many perfumes are diamonds. All aspirins are powder. No perfume is powder.
No aspirins are perfume.
entailment
id_3949
Many species of bird migrate northwards in the spring to take advantage of the abundance of nesting locations and insects to eat. As the availability of food resources decreases during the winter to the point where the birds cannot survive, the birds migrate south again. Some species are capable of flying all the way a...
A bird within a Northern bald ibis flock that does not lead will be forbidden from flying with the rest of the flock
neutral
id_3950
Many species of bird migrate northwards in the spring to take advantage of the abundance of nesting locations and insects to eat. As the availability of food resources decreases during the winter to the point where the birds cannot survive, the birds migrate south again. Some species are capable of flying all the way a...
The migration timing depends on different seasons
entailment
id_3951
Many species of bird migrate northwards in the spring to take advantage of the abundance of nesting locations and insects to eat. As the availability of food resources decreases during the winter to the point where the birds cannot survive, the birds migrate south again. Some species are capable of flying all the way a...
All the birds within a flock of Northern bald ibis benefit from flocking behaviour
entailment
id_3952
Many species of bird migrate northwards in the spring to take advantage of the abundance of nesting locations and insects to eat. As the availability of food resources decreases during the winter to the point where the birds cannot survive, the birds migrate south again. Some species are capable of flying all the way a...
All migrating birds do so in flocks to increase their efficiency
neutral
id_3953
Many species of bird migrate northwards in the spring to take advantage of the abundance of nesting locations and insects to eat. As the availability of food resources decreases during the winter to the point where the birds cannot survive, the birds migrate south again. Some species are capable of flying all the way a...
As migration is risky and dangerous, it would be better for birds not to migrate.
contradiction
id_3954
Many young people drift into university because they do not know what else to do. They leave years later, often in considerable debt, and find that a degree is no longer a guaranteed route into a good job. In fact the number of graduates is increasing at a much faster rate than the number of graduate jobs. They also fi...
The passage touches on the reason why a degree is not a route into a good job.
contradiction
id_3955
Many young people drift into university because they do not know what else to do. They leave years later, often in considerable debt, and find that a degree is no longer a guaranteed route into a good job. In fact the number of graduates is increasing at a much faster rate than the number of graduate jobs. They also fi...
The passage gives a positive reason for why many people go to university.
contradiction
id_3956
Many young people drift into university because they do not know what else to do. They leave years later, often in considerable debt, and find that a degree is no longer a guaranteed route into a good job. In fact the number of graduates is increasing at a much faster rate than the number of graduate jobs. They also fi...
We cannot infer from the passage that it was once the case that a degree was considered a guaranteed route into a good job.
contradiction
id_3957
Many young people drift into university because they do not know what else to do. They leave years later, often in considerable debt, and find that a degree is no longer a guaranteed route into a good job. In fact the number of graduates is increasing at a much faster rate than the number of graduate jobs. They also fi...
The author of the passage is of the view that the role of airline pilot is highly paid.
entailment
id_3958
Many young people drift into university because they do not know what else to do. They leave years later, often in considerable debt, and find that a degree is no longer a guaranteed route into a good job. In fact the number of graduates is increasing at a much faster rate than the number of graduate jobs. They also fi...
The case made in the passage would be weakened if it were true that the large majority of graduates find good jobs on leaving university.
entailment
id_3959
Maple syrup is a sweet syrup made from maple trees. The sap from the trees is harvested during March. It is then boiled to evaporate water, making it denser and sweeter. It takes roughly 40 litres of maple sap to produce 1 litre of maple syrup. This current process is very similar to that used by the Native Americans e...
Sweet syrup can be made from the sap from other trees.
neutral
id_3960
Maple syrup is a sweet syrup made from maple trees. The sap from the trees is harvested during March. It is then boiled to evaporate water, making it denser and sweeter. It takes roughly 40 litres of maple sap to produce 1 litre of maple syrup. This current process is very similar to that used by the Native Americans e...
Hunting animals was more difficult than drinking maple syrup.
contradiction
id_3961
Maple syrup is a sweet syrup made from maple trees. The sap from the trees is harvested during March. It is then boiled to evaporate water, making it denser and sweeter. It takes roughly 40 litres of maple sap to produce 1 litre of maple syrup. This current process is very similar to that used by the Native Americans e...
Sap is only harvested from maple trees for one month a year.
entailment
id_3962
Maple syrup is a sweet syrup made from maple trees. The sap from the trees is harvested during March. It is then boiled to evaporate water, making it denser and sweeter. It takes roughly 40 litres of maple sap to produce 1 litre of maple syrup. This current process is very similar to that used by the Native Americans e...
Glooskap was angered because there was no syrup left for him to drink.
contradiction
id_3963
Maple syrup is a sweet syrup made from maple trees. The sap from the trees is harvested during March. It is then boiled to evaporate water, making it denser and sweeter. It takes roughly 40 litres of maple sap to produce 1 litre of maple syrup. This current process is very similar to that used by the Native Americans e...
The technique for making maple syrup is similar to that used in the time of the American Indian legends.
entailment
id_3964
March is a transitional month and can bring snow or warm weather. Last week saw balmy weather that ended with a bitter snap. No lasting damage was done and the trees and bushes that had shown the first sign of green and blossom bounced back. Spring flowers had appeared, and daffodils, hyacinths and prim- roses were an ...
The freeze lasted the whole of last week.
contradiction
id_3965
March is a transitional month and can bring snow or warm weather. Last week saw balmy weather that ended with a bitter snap. No lasting damage was done and the trees and bushes that had shown the first sign of green and blossom bounced back. Spring flowers had appeared, and daffodils, hyacinths and prim- roses were an ...
You cant tell if it snowed this March, but from the passage you can infer that it would be unusual if it did.
contradiction
id_3966
March is a transitional month and can bring snow or warm weather. Last week saw balmy weather that ended with a bitter snap. No lasting damage was done and the trees and bushes that had shown the first sign of green and blossom bounced back. Spring flowers had appeared, and daffodils, hyacinths and prim- roses were an ...
The warm weather triggered an early burst of spring flowers.
neutral
id_3967
Marketing and advertising books via various internet sites is becoming most popular with traders. This is chiefly because it costs less to publicise the actual book, as compared to traditional methods such as conferences and advertisements on billboards and in newspapers. Books are also stored in large warehouses prior...
The consumer demand for books which are sold over the internet is increasing
neutral
id_3968
Marketing and advertising books via various internet sites is becoming most popular with traders. This is chiefly because it costs less to publicise the actual book, as compared to traditional methods such as conferences and advertisements on billboards and in newspapers. Books are also stored in large warehouses prior...
Internet bookstores tender the greatest concession on the least popular books
neutral
id_3969
Marketing and advertising books via various internet sites is becoming most popular with traders. This is chiefly because it costs less to publicise the actual book, as compared to traditional methods such as conferences and advertisements on billboards and in newspapers. Books are also stored in large warehouses prior...
In general, recurring costs of running a publishing business that use the internet for marketing and advertising are high
contradiction
id_3970
Marketing and advertising books via various internet sites is becoming most popular with traders. This is chiefly because it costs less to publicise the actual book, as compared to traditional methods such as conferences and advertisements on billboards and in newspapers. Books are also stored in large warehouses prior...
Conventional methods of publicising a book are more expensive
entailment
id_3971
Martina is sitting in the desk behind Jerome. Jerome is sitting in the desk behind Bryant.
Bryant is sitting in the desk behind Martina.
contradiction
id_3972
Mary Hayes was shopping with her partner Alan one frosty January morning. Their children, Fred, Sam and Charlie were at home being looked after by Alans mother. Mary and Alan were taking advant age of the January sales to look for a new pair of shoes for Mary and a suit for Alan. After finding the items they wanted the...
Mary was taken to the hospital in an ambulance.
contradiction
id_3973
Mary Hayes was shopping with her partner Alan one frosty January morning. Their children, Fred, Sam and Charlie were at home being looked after by Alans mother. Mary and Alan were taking advant age of the January sales to look for a new pair of shoes for Mary and a suit for Alan. After finding the items they wanted the...
The groceries were bought before looking for the items in the sales.
contradiction
id_3974
Mary Hayes was shopping with her partner Alan one frosty January morning. Their children, Fred, Sam and Charlie were at home being looked after by Alans mother. Mary and Alan were taking advant age of the January sales to look for a new pair of shoes for Mary and a suit for Alan. After finding the items they wanted the...
Mary and Alan were unable to buy the suit and shoes they wanted.
contradiction
id_3975
Mary Hayes was shopping with her partner Alan one frosty January morning. Their children, Fred, Sam and Charlie were at home being looked after by Alans mother. Mary and Alan were taking advant age of the January sales to look for a new pair of shoes for Mary and a suit for Alan. After finding the items they wanted the...
Mary fell because the steps were slippery.
neutral
id_3976
Mary Hayes was shopping with her partner Alan one frosty January morning. Their children, Fred, Sam and Charlie were at home being looked after by Alans mother. Mary and Alan were taking advant age of the January sales to look for a new pair of shoes for Mary and a suit for Alan. After finding the items they wanted the...
Alans mother was looking after the three children.
entailment
id_3977
Mass appeal of the manta rays I am underwater, face to face with a large flat fish which I recognise immediately as being a manta ray. For an instant I look straight into its gaping mouth and see the row of small, flattened teeth in its lower jaw. Close on its tail comes another manta ray, and another and another. The ...
It is difficult to distinguish one manta ray from another.
contradiction
id_3978
Mass appeal of the manta rays I am underwater, face to face with a large flat fish which I recognise immediately as being a manta ray. For an instant I look straight into its gaping mouth and see the row of small, flattened teeth in its lower jaw. Close on its tail comes another manta ray, and another and another. The ...
For hotel guests, viewing manta rays feeding has to be arranged at short notice.
entailment
id_3979
Mass appeal of the manta rays I am underwater, face to face with a large flat fish which I recognise immediately as being a manta ray. For an instant I look straight into its gaping mouth and see the row of small, flattened teeth in its lower jaw. Close on its tail comes another manta ray, and another and another. The ...
The manta rays appear to object to the presence of people in the water while they are feeding.
contradiction
id_3980
Mass appeal of the manta rays I am underwater, face to face with a large flat fish which I recognise immediately as being a manta ray. For an instant I look straight into its gaping mouth and see the row of small, flattened teeth in its lower jaw. Close on its tail comes another manta ray, and another and another. The ...
Guy Stevens is concerned about the increasing interest in Hanifaru.
entailment
id_3981
Mass appeal of the manta rays I am underwater, face to face with a large flat fish which I recognise immediately as being a manta ray. For an instant I look straight into its gaping mouth and see the row of small, flattened teeth in its lower jaw. Close on its tail comes another manta ray, and another and another. The ...
Mohamed Nasheed succeeded in persuading certain other countries to take steps to protect the environment.
neutral
id_3982
Mass appeal of the manta rays I am underwater, face to face with a large flat fish which I recognise immediately as being a manta ray. For an instant I look straight into its gaping mouth and see the row of small, flattened teeth in its lower jaw. Close on its tail comes another manta ray, and another and another. The ...
A procedure has now been established to control the number of visitors.
contradiction
id_3983
Mechanisms of Linguistic Change. The changes that have caused the most disagreement are those in pronunciation. We have various sources of evidence for the pronunciations of earlier times, such as the spellings, the treatment of words borrowed from other languages or borrowed by them, the descriptions ofcontemporary gr...
The sound of 'temporary' cannot wholly present its spelling.
entailment
id_3984
Mechanisms of Linguistic Change. The changes that have caused the most disagreement are those in pronunciation. We have various sources of evidence for the pronunciations of earlier times, such as the spellings, the treatment of words borrowed from other languages or borrowed by them, the descriptions ofcontemporary gr...
The great change of language in Russian history is related to the rising status and fortune of middle classes.
neutral
id_3985
Mechanisms of Linguistic Change. The changes that have caused the most disagreement are those in pronunciation. We have various sources of evidence for the pronunciations of earlier times, such as the spellings, the treatment of words borrowed from other languages or borrowed by them, the descriptions ofcontemporary gr...
The g in gnat not being pronounced will not be spelt out in the future.
neutral
id_3986
Mechanisms of Linguistic Change. The changes that have caused the most disagreement are those in pronunciation. We have various sources of evidence for the pronunciations of earlier times, such as the spellings, the treatment of words borrowed from other languages or borrowed by them, the descriptions ofcontemporary gr...
The link of mt can be influenced being pronounced as 'nt
entailment
id_3987
Mechanisms of Linguistic Change. The changes that have caused the most disagreement are those in pronunciation. We have various sources of evidence for the pronunciations of earlier times, such as the spellings, the treatment of words borrowed from other languages or borrowed by them, the descriptions ofcontemporary gr...
Pronunciation with causal inaccuracy will not exert big influence on language changes.
entailment
id_3988
Mechanisms of Linguistic Change. The changes that have caused the most disagreement are those in pronunciation. We have various sources of evidence for the pronunciations of earlier times, such as the spellings, the treatment of words borrowed from other languages or borrowed by them, the descriptions ofcontemporary gr...
All the children learn speeches from adults while they assume that certain language is difficult to imitate exactly.
neutral
id_3989
Mechanisms of Linguistic Change. The changes that have caused the most disagreement are those in pronunciation. We have various sources of evidence for the pronunciations of earlier times, such as the spellings, the treatment of words borrowed from other languages or borrowed by them, the descriptions ofcontemporary gr...
it is impossible for modern people to find pronunciation of words in an earlier age
contradiction
id_3990
Mensa was founded in 1946, after a chance meeting on a train between an Oxford postgraduate called Lancelot Ware and Roland Berrill, a 50-year-old Australian of private means. The two men discovered a mutual interest in IQ testing. When Ware tested Berrill and announced that he was in the top 1 per cent of the populati...
One of Mensas aims was to be a research body.
entailment
id_3991
Mensa was founded in 1946, after a chance meeting on a train between an Oxford postgraduate called Lancelot Ware and Roland Berrill, a 50-year-old Australian of private means. The two men discovered a mutual interest in IQ testing. When Ware tested Berrill and announced that he was in the top 1 per cent of the populati...
Wares IQ was in the top 1 per cent.
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id_3992
Mensa was founded in 1946, after a chance meeting on a train between an Oxford postgraduate called Lancelot Ware and Roland Berrill, a 50-year-old Australian of private means. The two men discovered a mutual interest in IQ testing. When Ware tested Berrill and announced that he was in the top 1 per cent of the populati...
Lancelot Ware and Roland Berrill arranged to meet on the train in 1946.
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id_3993
Mensa was founded in 1946, after a chance meeting on a train between an Oxford postgraduate called Lancelot Ware and Roland Berrill, a 50-year-old Australian of private means. The two men discovered a mutual interest in IQ testing. When Ware tested Berrill and announced that he was in the top 1 per cent of the populati...
There was no IQ testing in Australia in 1946.
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id_3994
Mention Australia and people think of sunshine, beaches and coral reefs. Mention the interior of Australia and people only think of the arid outback and desert. But Australia also has extensive rain forests, mountain ranges (a few with snow) and wetlands. It has rivers too, the mightiest of which is the Murray. It stre...
You can still navigate the river Murray in a boat but the work of trans- porting produce has been lost to trains and trucks.
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id_3995
Mention Australia and people think of sunshine, beaches and coral reefs. Mention the interior of Australia and people only think of the arid outback and desert. But Australia also has extensive rain forests, mountain ranges (a few with snow) and wetlands. It has rivers too, the mightiest of which is the Murray. It stre...
The author is unlikely to agree with the view that the beaches and coral reefs are less interesting than the interior of Australia.
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id_3996
Mention Australia and people think of sunshine, beaches and coral reefs. Mention the interior of Australia and people only think of the arid outback and desert. But Australia also has extensive rain forests, mountain ranges (a few with snow) and wetlands. It has rivers too, the mightiest of which is the Murray. It stre...
The tone of the passage is sceptical.
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id_3997
Mention Australia and people think of sunshine, beaches and coral reefs. Mention the interior of Australia and people only think of the arid outback and desert. But Australia also has extensive rain forests, mountain ranges (a few with snow) and wetlands. It has rivers too, the mightiest of which is the Murray. It stre...
The word arid means dry.
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id_3998
Mention Australia and people think of sunshine, beaches and coral reefs. Mention the interior of Australia and people only think of the arid outback and desert. But Australia also has extensive rain forests, mountain ranges (a few with snow) and wetlands. It has rivers too, the mightiest of which is the Murray. It stre...
It can be inferred from the passage that Australias interior has more diverse habitats than people think.
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id_3999
Merchandising tactics, which address the effective packaging and positioning of goods, have long been deployed within retailing to stimulate customer demand. Unprecedented changes in consumer buying habits and the escalating sophistication of technology have encouraged the beverage retailers to make up lost ground and ...
There are more elder experts than young experts.
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