next come

Keywords: compare, connect, trend

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STRUCTURE

(description of highest number). Next come (subject/item), with (number)

(description of highest number). Next come (subject/item), gerund (describing one number or change)

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NOTE

The structure is used to describe the second highest number, sometimes even the third, and perhaps fourth, highest number. See examples.
“followed by” can be used to express the same thing, but it should be in the same sentence with the highest number. See samples.
“next come” and “followed by” can be used to together to mention the second and third highest numbers. See samples.

Examples

The biggest sector in 2003 was travel, with 36% of total online sales. Next came the clothes sector, standing at 24%.

Next came central-heating ownership, rising from 37% of households in 1972 to 64% in 1983.

The biggest sector in 2003 was travel, with 36% of total online sales, followed by the clothes sector, standing at 24%.

Average income earners also favoured hamburgers, spending 33 pence per person per week, followed by fish and chips at 24 pence, then pizza at 11 pence.

From authentic sources

More than 17% of Australia’s inmates are held in private prisons. Next comes Britain, with 10%, and America at 7%.

The boost was most generous in North Dakota, where spending increased by $1,116; next came Wyoming with $518.

Next came people aged 18-29, with an increase of 11 percentage points.