21.   Such mergers have occurred even as profits from chemicals have soared in the past two years in what traditionally has been a cyclical business.

22.   Tenneco has worked the last few years to reduce its exposure to cyclical businesses like Case and the chemicals unit.

23.   The existence of just two major manufacturers may also smooth out the wide swings in this notoriously cyclical business.

24.   The merger may be the latest in a series of joint ventures by big oil companies looking for higher profits from cyclical chemical businesses, analysts said.

25.   The merger plan is the latest in a series of joint ventures by big oil companies looking for higher profits from cyclical chemical businesses, analysts said.

26.   There is nothing wrong with having a cyclical business, he added, if you are profitable on average.

27.   They have a series of cyclical businesses and all are heading down.

28.   They flinch at any sign of decline in the cyclical aerospace business because the last one was so severe.

29.   This is all well and good until the Sonics go sour, which in a cyclical business is inevitable.

30.   This is a cyclical business.