11.   When two parents decide to have a child in the film, their egg and sperm are extracted and combined to form an embryo.

12.   A raging flu outbreak and a shortage of beds and staff in some hospitals have combined to tax emergency rooms statewide.

13.   Bobby Ayala, loser Tony Fossas and Mike Timlin combined to allowed two hits and five walks in the eighth.

14.   Five Colorado relievers combined to two-hit the Padres over the final five innings.

15.   Morgan said that if the board approves the Burlington-Canadian merger, other railroads may also want to combine to better position themselves in the marketplace.

16.   Starting forwards Tyrone Hill and Jumaine Jones combined to score five points, Matt Geiger had four, Raja Bell two and Todd MacCulloch none.

17.   The piano soloist is Jeffrey Biegel, who believes this is the largest number of organizations ever to combine to commission a piece of classical music.

18.   In the run up to the World Cup finals the two combined to score eight goals - Roberto five and Dino three.

19.   Late last week the opposition and the League combined to block the nomination of two new directors to the RAI board overseeing three public television channels.

20.   Law enforcement is a traditonal problem in China, where local protectionism and official corruption combine to significantly water down the effectiveness of new legislation.