"second recommendation" is correct and can be used in written English.
Here is an example: After reviewing all the available evidence, our second recommendation is to proceed with a trial period.
The regulator would then be allowed to submit a second recommendation, but not a third.
The second recommendation reaches beyond the fossil fuels sector and applies to any company we invest in.
I was not surprised to find that my second recommendation, in particular, provoked vigorous debate in the comments.
A second recommendation is the Heavy Putter C2-DF Tour ($169.95, heavyputter.com), a heel-toe blade style with a deep face that is one-quarter inch higher than conventional putters.
Ms. Olson listed reform or repeal of the alternative minimum tax first, but it was her second recommendation, to withhold taxes from payments to independent contractors, that seems likely to stir the most opposition.
My second recommendation is to oblige those who start in public office to pledge never subsequently to earn from the private sector more than a set amount; the rest should go to the taxpayer.
The second recommendation proposed by the commission to parliament was in fact deemed both "clear" and "straightforward" by voters, and according to the commission, featured the most neutral wording from the range considered and tested.
Our second recommendation is for devolution of control to tenants and communities through the creation of a new generation of tenant management organisations, co-operatives and community mutuals, which will offer tenants a greater say in the management of their homes and communities, bolster social capital and build the "big society" for real.
My second recommendation, since no doubt campaigning is exhausting and even presidential candidates deserve a giggle, is Stephen Colbert's "I Am America (and So Can You!)." The "Sex and Dating" chapter alone will surely, at least for a few minutes, help them forget superdelegate tallies, clingy bitter Pennsylvanians and our next 100 years in Iraq.
My second recommendation is the Researchers' Mobility Portal.
The second recommendation is not to support the purchase of instructional materials that are conceptually inferior.
