The phrase "and perhaps the second" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when suggesting the possibility of a second option or choice in a discussion or argument.
Example: "I believe the first option is the best, and perhaps the second could also be considered if we need an alternative."
Alternatives: "and maybe the second" or "and possibly the second".
Presumably the third group, and perhaps the second as well, could be won over.
Although the toxic smoke from the primitive stoves is one of the leading environmental causes of death and disease, and perhaps the second biggest contributor to global warming, after the industrial use of fossil fuels, it has long been neglected by governments and private aid organizations.
Forbes: As you know, this year marks the 80th anniversary of the terrible Smoot-Hawley Tariff which brought on a global trade war and, perhaps, the second World War.
The deflection for the first goal after we gave the ball away and perhaps the second was just a quality goal - a one-two and a cross and a good header".
Acting downstream of RTK signaling, miR-34a also targets several members of the RAS/RAF/MAPK pathway as well as PIK3R2, a regulatory subunit of PI3K and perhaps the second most commonly deregulated oncogene, next to RAS [ 70].
The first rate decrease corresponds well to the end of tribe diversification estimated in BEAST, and perhaps the second shift, which is much more subtle signals the end of a burst of generic diversification, but more taxa will need to be included to test this hypothesis.
And perhaps the first witness called to testify under oath should be Wim Deetman himself.
Television ad spending in the United States last year totaled $71.8 billion, Nielsen reported this week, up 5 percent from 2010 and perhaps the first time the figure has topped $70 billion.
Similar sentiments drove the Runaways, Jett's first group and perhaps the first teenage, all-female hard-rock band signed to a major American label.
It was the first commemorative museum show dedicated to a single artist, and perhaps the first modern blockbuster, attracting as many as 800 people a day.
The farmer, poet, novelist and essayist is a leading voice for sustainability and common sense, and perhaps the first scribe of the food movement.
