The phrase "affecting the third" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are discussing the impact or influence on a third party or element in a situation.
Example: "The new policy is affecting the third party involved in the contract negotiations."
Alternatives: "impacting the third" or "influencing the third".
Differences between model-based and robust sandwich estimates were marginal affecting the third or fourth decimal of the estimate.
The ALAMUT program (http://www.interactive-biosoftware.-com/alamut/doc/1.5/splicing.html) was used to predict whether the novel synonymous sequence variant c.249G > T, p. = (affecting the third nucleotide of codon 83 originally coding glycine) changes the splicing characteristics of the AIP gene (Family 28, Fig. 2A).
This distribution, with 50% of mutations affecting one of the first two positions, at which nearly all mutations induce an amino-acid change, and 50% affecting the third position, at which half of all mutations induce an amino-acid change, is consistent with many mutations (75%) randomly affecting the DNA sequence being retained and not counter-selected.
Yellow box highlights the common breakpoint affecting the first exon/intron of PVT1, including miR-1204.
"That is direct evidence of how the credit crunch is disproportionately affecting the first-time market," he said.
Fibre distribution characteristics were revealed to strongly affect the ultimate flexural strength, while hardly affecting the first cracking strength.
High soil pH of the original soil appeared to be a factor affecting the first two experiments.
Terms affecting the first order parameter B are described by the varying coefficient terms f 1....f nb.
As previously mentioned, the conventional two-step conjugation method was designed to minimize affecting the second protein's carboxyls.
Mac Donald thought that the idea of actions in the first scenario affecting the second was "cool in concept", but underutilized in the game.
