Sentence examples for fortune still from inspiring English sources

Labour disarray shows no sign of abating, so, in that respect, fortune still smiles on the chancellor.

His reflections on his good fortune still sound like the sunny sentiments of a high school valedictorian.

That's how it went for Patrick deWitt and, three books later, this stroke of good fortune still unnerves him.

But June opportunities aren't always autumn realities, and when it comes to turning the first into the second, fortune still favors the bold.

The future of the refinery near Townsville, which makes up a large chunk of Palmer's known fortune, still hangs in the balance after the mining tycoon turned federal MP redoubled his lobbying efforts of the state government on Tuesday.

Rhodes's immense fortune still pays for people like Bill Clinton to study at Oxford.Since 1929, when Sir Ernest (knighted for war services in 1921) took over as chairman, the Oppenheimers have led De Beers almost without interruption, massaging the price of diamonds by hoarding them and occasionally selling part of the firm's stockpile.

Will the former communists, who presided over this turnaround in fortunes, still be in power after the end-2004 elections?

Just as in the past, East Asia's fortunes still greatly depend on the outcome of the struggle between these perennial Japanese contenders.

That such tortuous fluctuations in fortunes still prevail was confirmed as recently as last Tuesday, when Celtic progressed from Group D to the last 16 at the expense of Shakhtar Donetsk.

Although Venezuela began developing oil more than 60 years ago, it has yet to build a diversified economy with its oil revenues, and the country's fortunes still rise and fall with each petroleum shortage and glut.

That's still how the world works, and America's own fortunes still depend on whether our leaders live up to the principles that brought down the Berlin Wall, or sideline them as yesterday's news.