11.   The local peasant press was in a lamentable condition still.

12.   The press are always interested in stories about the royal family.

13.   The press has been strangely silent about this event, which is vouched for by professional meteoriticists.

14.   The press have been very nasty about him.

15.   The press was slow to grasp the significance of what had happened.

16.   The press were delighted to have the scandal fed to them on a silver salver.

17.   The press were full of praise for the whole production.

18.   The Reagan White House had understood from the beginning that the press was not its natural ally.

19.   The right wing press has always been deeply antagonistic towards the Labour party.

20.   The right-wing press has always been deeply antagonistic towards the Labour party.