Fortunes
fortunes (noun) - 1. great wealth, large amounts of money, 2. whether a person or project is successful or lucky
worth a fortune
fortunes soaring sky-high
make fortunes with it
many people have made substantial personal fortunes in the past few years
film-makers who make fortunes from bringing violence to the screen
the fortunes of the imperial house
boost their fortunes
it's fortunes are picking up
rebuild its fortunes through diversification and acquisition
family fortunes
a revival in the fortunes of the family
economics fortunes
confiscation of their fortunes
fortunes made by a parasite
their fortunes rose and fell with great regularity
a complex environment decides the fortunes of the media
his fortunes seesawed alarmingly
swinging fortunes
changing fortunes
their fortunes have changed spectacularly
nose-diving fortunes
a reversal of fortunes
factors that played a part in the reversal of fortunes
a year of mixed fortunes
altered the business and its fortunes
the loss of the top person in that firm radically altered the business and its fortunes
fluctuating fortunes
the fluctuating fortunes of home owners
the upturn in the US should bring about an improvement in its North American fortunes
a gradual upturn in some Latin American countries' economic fortunes
a solution that affects the fortunes all parties in equal degree
heir to one of the biggest private fortunes in America
rarely been seen as either an easy or a sure way of acquiring fortunes
impact on the financial fortunes of the organization
Example sentences:
* The ownership of newspapers has rarely been seen as either an easy or a sure way of acquiring fortunes.
* Rich white nightclubbers call it pop music and make fortunes with it.
* The loss of a top person in an executive search firm can radically alter the business and their fortunes.
* It is this complex environment that decides the fortunes of the media.
* Similarly, although there is competition for the viewer this does not usually impact on the financial fortunes of either organization.
* Increased software and services revenues all played a part in the reversal of fortunes.
* No one has studied this particular class of parasite, how he worked, or what fortunes he made.
* His fortunes, internationally and domestically, as player and captain, seesawed alarmingly during the 1991-92 season.
* Since then, their fortunes have changed spectacularly.
* 1992 was a year of mixed fortunes for the Food and Agriculture Division.
* Dowty says that after a rocky patch during the recession, when the company was forced to axe 1,800 jobs, it's fortunes are picking up; not the time to be selling out.
* Now it aims to rebuild its fortunes through diversification and acquisition.
* It clashes with family fortunes but I must remember to tape that mustn't I?
* A hollow hooray for Hollywood Joan McAlpine detects a cynical streak among the film-makers who make fortunes from bringing violence to the screen.
* Until nine years ago he was heir to one of the biggest private fortunes in America, comfortably in step with the Gettys, Basses and Mellons, but had to ask for enough money to buy a house.
* Those who favour a depiction of the fortunes of the imperial house have to reckon with the difficulty of recognising Augustus.
* He thought, after his long night with Rab, swinging fortunes, to sleep the afternoon.
* But he did indicate that his eight-year relationship with Coppell had become strained by Palace's nose-diving fortunes.
* Many people have made substantial personal fortunes in the past few years, Mr Palumbo writes in the council's annual report, and having inherited the mantle of the great patrons of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, they should acknowledge their responsibilities by returning a portion of their good fortune to the community.
* The pattern of change of many of the houses built before 1700, and the fluctuating fortunes of their owners provide a pretty good history lesson.
* The sagging morale and worsening of mood in the second half of 1941 was not solely determined by the changing fortunes on the eastern Front.
* They are satisfied by any behaviour that affects the fortunes of the parties in equal degree (by-product neutrality).
* These complex relationships have been central to the fortunes of the two countries over the past three centuries.
* Other issues covered in the final declaration were regional trade and integration in the light of a gradual upturn in some Latin American countries' economic fortunes; the intensification of measures against drug-trafficking, production and use; Latin America's role in protecting the environment; and moves to protect the Indian population in parts of Brazil and Venezuela.
* But then, a late swing in fortunes and Oxford pulled one back.
* Swindon Town have gone on a spending spree, in the hope of changing their fortunes in the premier league.
* The company is cautiously optimistic about current trading in the UK and believes action taken in Canada and the upturn in the US should bring about an improvement in its North American fortunes.
* As the narrative proceeds beyond Genesis, and becomes enmeshed in the story of the fortunes not of Israel the patriarch, but of Israel the people of God, it will prove much harder for the writers and compilers to keep the original purposes in view.
