1. Building societies make loans to creditworthy customers.

2. Banks and building societies were yesterday accused of monumental incompetence.

3. The Act contains regulations for banks and building societies.

4. Banks and building societies are competing fiercely for business.

5. Building societies are encouraging new borrowers.

6. Building societies may foreclose on a mortgage if payments are not kept up.

7. Lending by banks and building societies rose to £4.9 billion last year.

8. Banks are expected to follow the building societies in raising mortgage rates.

9. The banks have acted in unison with the building societies in lowering interest rates.

10. They work in shops, offices,(sentencedict.com) building societies and banks.

11. Until 1983 building societies were prevented from so doing.

12. Nor do banks and building societies provide satisfaction.

13. Knowing that our minds are elsewhere, banks and building societies will quietly drop the rates on our savings account.

14. Growing competition is prompting banks, building societies and insurers to launch new financial products almost on a daily basis.

15. This effectively means that only the largest building societies, those with assets of 100m or more, can effectively compete.

16. Cheshire, Skipton and Derbyshire building societies are among those that run offshore accounts and tend to pay attractive rates of interest.

16. Sentencedict.com try its best to collect and create good sentences.

17. This latter group included building societies, insurance companies, pension funds, unit and investment trusts.

18. The return will be variable, as building societies change the rates paid to investors.

19. Banks, building societies and insurance companies will be able to apply for probate if they have a proper complaints handling scheme.

20. Read in studio Two building societies and a bank have been robbed by the same man in less than three hours.

21. The remaining building societies would be badly shaken if Nationwide was forced to convert.

22. However, building societies are gradually moving towards the status of public companies.

23. Net mortgage lending by building societies dropped 15 percent to Pounds 1.85 billion last month.

24. Switch to an interest-paying current account and stay in credit. Most banks and larger building societies now offer these accounts.

25. The association has threatened to withdraw its support if the banks and building societies refuse to play ball.

26. Apart from intense competition in the retail savings market, banks and building societies also compete strongly in the market for house finance.

27. Future Mortgages offers decent deals for people turned away by the high street banks and building societies.

28. In the past the best Tessa returns over five years have been from smaller building societies.

29. However, the reluctance of the financial services divisions of banks and building societies to join the new body is causing concern.

30. And if you want interest paid in another currency, most banks and building societies offer special accounts with this option available.