Preposition: of

• population: In spite of this, around two fifths of the adult British population still smoke.

Converse of object

• finish: In the Fairbairns the 1st VIII finished fifth which was a disappointing result.

Adjective modifier

• finishing: She also competed in the 100m where she narrowly failed to reach the final finishing fifth in her heat in 12.80 seconds.

• bottom: The consultation paper shows that 22 % of widows are in the bottom fifth of income distribution.

Modifies a noun

• birthday: Starting School Children can start at the school in the term following their fifth birthday.

• anniversary: The survey was carried out to coincide with the fifth anniversary of the term ' e-learning ' being adopted.

• columnist: I suspect we were the only two fifth columnists!

• edition: The second of these probably featured for the first time at the end of the revised fifth edition.

• century: Patrick is the first British source for the fifth century.

• commandment: What is the reason annexed to the fifth commandment?

Used with adjective complement

• finish: In Atlanta, riding Too Smart, she was a member of the team which finished fifth.

• rank: Many have an economy much smaller than Britain's, which now ranks fifth in the world.

• come: When Michael Howard last faced a leadership election he came fifth.

Preposition: in

• championship: Now lying in fifth in the championship and very much looking forward to the next round.

• ranking: He was now up to fifth in the rankings.

• standing: Stalling on the grid has harmed John Hutchinson's title charge tho - he slips to fifth in the standings, 32 behind Patten.

Preposition: of

• respondent: The survey also revealed that almost a fifth of respondents used the Internet to access Government or official services.

• household: Will he give the latest figure from the Office for National Statistics for the poorest fifth of households?

Preposition: from

• bottom: In the European league table of health, we are fifth from the bottom.