The team's fortunes did not improve in Turner's first year.
His fortunes improved further as the city expanded to meet him.
Now its fortunes have improved dramatically, particularly among the young.
State Farm is an example of how fortunes have improved for the insurance companies.
In between, their fortunes don't improve a whole helluva lot either.
May's fortunes probably improved towards the end of the decade.
The team's fortunes will not dramatically improve until the policies and decisions of the last five years change.
Then came the second world war and suddenly his father's fortunes improved.
"You think there was any truth to it, that his fortunes were improving?"
But the Nets' fortunes improved by the end of the second quarter.