For six years the firm prospered, but increasingly Sam found that the fire had gone out of his soul.

Both firms prospered on the debt boom of the 1980's.

The firm prospered until 1931, then dissolved under the impact of the Depression.

The firm prospered and by 1899 he had over fifty employees.

The firm was prospering when he decided to return home in 1983 to learn the family business.

The firm prospered as it developed its tyextensive coal business.

The firm prospered and in 1839 already employed 1,800 people.

If the firm had prospered I would have expected to collect two-thirds of the profits.

The firm prospered and in 1864 was launched as a limited company, Watkins retiring a few years later.

During the 1960s and 1970s, the firm prospered with a client base strengthened from the merger.