Sentence examples for figures are massaged down from inspiring English sources

In practice the main answer will be to dragoon Cyprus's pension funds and domestic banks into financing the €4.5 billion of government bonds due to be redeemed over the next three years.However the figures are massaged down, the nub of the problem will remain: a country with a broken banking model.

In 2013 the official rate fell to 415, but some people think the figures were massaged.

More seriously, the figures in some categories may have been massaged down to hit local performance targets.

The international development minister, Stephen O'Brien, denies the department are massaging the aid figures.

The really frightening thing about the figures, however, is the way in which they had to be massaged to avoid being even worse.

Ten minutes later I was snoring face down as those wonderful creams were massaged into my skin.

We were massaged and coddled.

Muamba's heart was massaged.

He's massaged me constantly.

The mother will be massaged as well.

Figures are down, it says.