1.   Different commodities are combined as weighted means of the relative change ratios.

2.   A precedent for the union could be the merger last year of Pharmacia and Upjohn, which combined as equals and has been highly successful, said Isaly.

3.   Acne, homework and bad hair take up a disproportionate share of the brain matter, nearly as much combined as thoughts of the opposite sex.

4.   All that combines as a hazardous mix, as the U.N. conference has acknowledged.

5.   Erick Strickland and Michael Finley combined as the major one-two punch for the Mavericks.

6.   He said he expected more law firms to combine as a way to gain a national presence.

7.   Much of this nomenclature originates in the kitchen, where, as so often in Italy, disparate elements are artfully combined into the makings of a feast.

8.   Next, contractors within each country should be combined as a prelude to cross-border mergers, Augustine said.

9.   The acquisition spurred hopes that more financial companies will combine as a way to cut costs and boost profits.

10.   The discussions include whether the two companies would be combined as a holding company and where headquarters would be.