Sentence examples for less than a second behind from inspiring English sources

Armstrong is less than a second behind Cancellara.

Lap 19: Vettel still less than a second behind Massa.

Armstrong is in second place over all, less than a second behind Cancellara.

It hurt that eighth place was less than a second behind the winner.

Andretti, who had been less than a second behind, made his own stop a lap later.

Once again Paul di Resta was the best-placed Briton after bringing his Force India home in a solid seventh place, less than a second behind Nico Rosberg.

But Mark Webber the local driver in the other Red Bull, was less than half a second behind Hamilton, making it a three-way battle.

The really exciting news of the first day was the extraordinary form of the BMW-Sauber — which finished fastest in the morning, with Robert Kubica, the test driver, at the wheel — and the comparable attack of BMW's former partner at Williams, with its new Cosworth V8, which finished third in the afternoon session, less than half a second behind Schumacher.

Fannon finished in 22.48 seconds, less than half a second behind Proud, 20, who also won gold in the 50m butterfly.

Three years later and despite not being on full form, Pendleton finished less than four-hundredths of a second behind Australia's Anna Meares and nearly a second short of the Lithuanian winner Simona Krupeckaite.

Heather Stanning and Helen Glover, who only started rowing in 2008, stunned the rowing fraternity by finishing less than one tenth of a second behind the dominant Kiwi pair in Bled and will be looking to go one better in London.