The phrase "amount to the second" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to express a comparison or a measurement related to time or quantity, but it lacks clarity and context.
Example: "The total expenses amount to the second highest figure in the report."
Alternatives: "equate to the second" or "total to the second".
John Siegal, an election lawyer for Representative Anthony D. Weiner, a mayoral candidate and a Democrat who represents parts of Brooklyn and Queens, and Eric N. Gioia, a council member from Queens running for public advocate, said the fresh-start idea would amount to "the second destruction of the campaign finance system by Mayor Bloomberg, after eviscerating spending limits at the mayoral level".
The new proposal, if approved by the South Florida Water Management District and the board of United States Sugar, would amount to the second major revision of a plan that began last June as a purchase of United States Sugar, all assets included, for $1.75 billion.
To maximize food income, subjects had to respond in different ways to each experimenter, offering a maximal amount to the first one and a minimal amount to the second (Table 1).
But they amount to the first relaxation in Army recruiting standards since 1998, when a strong economy hurt military recruiting.
But it would amount to the first time since its launch that a country has been forced out of the euro.
For General Peng Guanqian of the Chinese Academy of Military Sciences, interviewed on a Chinese web portal, this would amount to the first shot of "actual combat".
For many of the high-achieving, type-A young professionals who end up on Wall Street, being tossed around by an industry in tumult can amount to the first real failure of their lives.
The new but not-yet-properly-defined "managed service" exemption may amount to the first step down a slippery slope of non-neutral Internet service.
If the suspension goes through as reported, its 50 games will amount to the third-longest in NBA history.
Expensive, deadly and pointless, America's exploits in Iraq and Afghanistan, at a price tag of $1 trillion, have amounted to the second most expensive military action after World War II.
