1.   A bank loan seemed like the answer to all our problems.

2.   Although bank loans are a vitally important source of finance, this is not to the complete exclusion of equity issues.

3.   And those with bank accounts are more likely than others - though not exclusively - to get bank loans.

4.   Credit quality has deteriorated rapidly in recent months, both for Marketable debt and for bank loans.

5.   It is not uncommon for students to have bank loans.

6.   Men tend to use bank credit cards, bank loans or overdrafts more than women do.

7.   Palm-greasing for just about anything from entry to a favoured school to obtaining a bank loan has been considered a fact of life.

8.   Schneider faces five counts of fraudulently obtaining bank loans for building projects and one count of failing to disclose bankruptcy.

9.   She applied for a bank loan because she did not want to depend on her father for handouts.

10.   She survived by taking out a bank loan and working extra hours.