Sentence examples for make for pretty reading from inspiring English sources

The figures don't make for pretty reading.

Tracey McDermott, the FSA director of enforcement and financial crime, said: "The findings we have set out in our notice today do not make for pretty reading.

But however you slice it and dice the numbers on the financial impact of cyberattacks, it doesn't make for pretty reading.

The three leading indices for Chinese or China-related equities – the Shanghai Stock Exchange Composite Index, Shenzhen Stock Exchange Composite Index and Hang Seng Index – do not make for pretty reading.

I'd give it a heave-ho but then my batting average doesn't make for pretty reading".

The clubs' meetings this season do not make for pretty reading for Hull: two defeats, six goals conceded and none scored.

Interspliced, their patriot threats and promises make for pretty surreal reading.

Given the inherently frivolous nature of Broadway musicals in the 1920s and '30s, this can make for pretty tiresome reading.

The Cinema Exhibitors Association has released official admission figures for March, and readers of this column during that period will not be surprised to hear they make for pretty dismal reading.

Not because we shouldn't give a damn about what we wear or because the rich shouldn't be allowed to spend their money however they like - but, it does make for pretty limited "reading".

"It's going to make for pretty boring reading, I'm afraid, if it continues".