Sentence examples for a second according from inspiring English sources

Deforestation, which continues at the rate of a football field a second, according to almost everyone who speaks on the subject, is a huge source of greenhouse gases.

To execute the block without goaltending or fouling, James had a window of 0.324 of a second, according to the program.

Verizon, the convention's official telecommunications provider, established network connections into the FleetCenter that can carry a staggering 4.5 gigabits of information a second, according to Verizon officials -- the equivalent of 3,000 T-1 lines.

Speeds on Sprint's secondary network average about 50 to 70 kilobits a second, according to the company, while Cingular offers slightly faster speeds of 70 to 135 kilobits a second on its EDGE network.

She returned to the living room, she said, and a short time later heard two bursts of rapid gunfire separated by a pause of not more than a second, according to her re-creation of the sounds.

The difference in timing between the scent hitting one nostril and the other can be as small as a tenth of a second, according to the study, published online last week by the journal Current Biology.

By 2020, demand is expected to jump by about a third, according to government projections.

The contract will cover three touring and album cycles, with an option for a fourth, according to the announcement.

All but the NHS, overseas aid and schools will be cut by a third, according to the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

Credit Suisse and Royal Bank of Scotland, for instance, cut their production by about a third, according to data from Asset-Backed Alert.

Drinking a can of cola a day increases the risk of developing diabetes by a fifth, according to research.