Sentence examples for statistics made for from inspiring English sources

Doyle is the club's talisman and a selfless centre-forward who links up play intelligently (29 of his 30 passes found a Wolves shirt against Albion), yet his goalscoring statistics made for uncomfortable reading: one Premier League goal this season and only five last term.

Where exactly Scotland's dog went in the first 40 minutes of play, Johnson was unable to explain, but the statistics made for ugly reading: the hosts had 20% of possession and 22% of territory before the break, which suggests Ireland should have been over the hill and far, far away.

The statistics make for unpalatable reading.

The statistics make for uncomfortable reading.

The raw statistics make for hard reading for Chuck.

Certainly, the battle statistics make for bloody reading.

This season has been abysmal and the statistics make for painful reading.

It's no predictor of future price gains, put the statistics make for fun reading.

Given the huge multi-ethnic pool of talent to choose from, the statistics make for embarrassing reading.

For all the concerns in a country where the statistics make for horrific reading, the suspicion they would succeed by flooding public areas with 41,000 dedicated police proved more prescient than those who foresaw a doomsday scenario.

The official drowning statistics make for sombre reading but you might be surprised to learn that outdoor swimming is rated as a moderate risk, while other seemingly benign activities, such as canoeing, fishing and sailing, are high risk.