1.   The report bolstered arguments that the U.K. economy is picking up pace, promising higher corporate profits for companies whose fortunes fluctuate with the economy.

2.   His fortunes fluctuated throughout a round which included four birdies and three bogies.

3.   Cyclical stocks whose fortunes fluctuate with the economic cycle might emerge as better bets -- though technology stocks remain a wild gamble, they add.

4.   William Fulton scored the equaliser for South Africa six minutes from the final whistle of a dramatic encounter where fortunes fluctuated with each passing minute.

5.   The issue was settled in straight games but fortunes fluctuated incessantly and each of the games could have gone either way.