Sentence examples for fortune is based from inspiring English sources

With a libretto by Ms. Weir, "Miss Fortune" is based on "Sfortuna," a Sicilian folktale.

Lebedev's fortune is based on his ownership of the National Reserve Bank, one of Russia's leading private banks.

The public thinks of real-estate men as flamboyant buccaneers, but the Rudin fortune is based on prudence, not risk.

At others, it has seemed that the billionaire internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom, who is fighting extradition to the US over Megaupload, the file-sharing site on which his fortune is based, is trying to buy the country, or at least the election.

Of the 15 billionaires on our list whose fortune is based on pharmaceuticals, five are German, as are two of the five billionaires from the chemicals industry.

That's a lot of real world dough for a company whose fortune is based on virtual currency and an endless factory of avatar accessories.

His fortune was based on game-show skills he attributed to an obsession with puzzles.

Since everyone knew that Ashcroft's home and fortune were based in Belize, which is not part of Hampshire, this does not ring true.

One of the richest men in 19th-century New York was John Jacob Astor, whose fortune was based on fur before he became a real estate speculator.

The Courtauld is to announce new partnerships with cities including Norwich, Preston, and Belfast in regions that are connected with the textile industry on which the Courtauld Ltd fortune was based, which in turn funded the art institute.

Even Mr Berlusconi is no advocate of competition: his fortune was based on protected monopolies and the obtaining of political favours.A further problem is that the government's attention has been so focused on passing laws to help Mr Berlusconi avoid conviction in various legal cases brought against him.