Sentence examples for fortune lay in from inspiring English sources

Before long, father and son realised their fortune lay in that piano (which still resides at the Lewis ranch).

The answer, as Roger Crowley persuasively recounts in "City of Fortune," lay in the Venetians' remorseless determination to build and enforce a monopoly over their maritime trade routes, at any cost.

The photographers stampeded and jumped upon each other with the air of desperation born of the fond belief that fame and fortune lay in a clear shot of Nelson Mandela.

Bulk of Eka Tjandranegara's fortune lies in property developer Mulia Land.

Lin Yu-Chia's fortune lies in Taiwan Glass, one of Asia's largest glass suppliers.

Watkins says the rest of his fortune lies in ethanol, a fuel additive usually made from corn.

Much of Hou Bo-ming's fortune lies in a nearly 5% stake in food conglomerate Uni-President Enterprises, plus investments in textilemaker Tainan Spinning and Universal Cement.

As a boy, his fortunes lie in the hands of the men who adopt him.

His first adult novel, South of Darkness, released in 2014 and set in the late 1700s, centres on a 13-year-old orphan boy in London, who decides his fortunes lie in Botany Bay.

Part of the joy and value of The Fortunes lies in its vivid survey of the history of Chinese people in America, and many readers, especially non-Asian-American readers, might find their eyes opened to a new understanding of the Chinese-American historical identity.

Ralph Dommermuth's fortune lies primarily in United Internet AG, one of Germany's leading Internet access providers.