1.   Japanese banks have been hit hard by the rise in interest rates.

2.   There was a thump as the truck hit the bank, heeled over, then bounced back into the road.

3.   On their journey south they hit a bank of fog off the north-east coast of Scotland.

4.   There was a thump as the lorry hit the bank, heeled over, and then bounced back on to the lane.

5.   And banks have been hit by a surge in bad loans.

6.   And pray that no tornado hits that bank.

7.   Authorities say they believe the men might not have planned the robbery, but instead hit the bank in a crime of opportunity.

8.   Banks were hit hard because they compete with bonds for investors with their attractive, dividend-rich returns.

9.   A decline in Argentine bond prices hit banks, which hold a large proportion of their investments in government securities.

10.   But then he hit the bank of the creek on his approach shot and the ball bounced back into the water.