1.   Santa Anna had created twelve thousand new civil and military positions and had obtained several loans at ruinous rates of interest.

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

3.   They allow the farm to obtain a loan from the government by using the crop at collateral.

4.   Surely obtaining a loan is obtaining a service.

5.   Could you advise on the best way of obtaining a loan for three to five years at a reasonable rate?

6.   You should be able to obtain a loan for well under half the cost you mention.

7.   Interest rates, defined simply as the cost of borrowing, reflect the market rates prevailing at the time of obtaining a loan.

8.   An applicant might come forward and not be successful in obtaining a loan, he explained, but could return with a merger partner and succeed.

9.   And Maruso Securities Co., a midsize Japanese brokerage, filed for bankruptcy after it was unable to obtain new loans as banks tighten up on lending.

10.   And Maruso Securities Co., a midsize Japanese brokerage, filed for bankruptcy after it was unable to obtain new loans.