Preposition: of

• mile: No worker was now allowed within a quarter of a mile of the Fascist assembly place.

• century: The Concorde project - a 20th century allegory For a quarter of a century Concorde provided the only regular supersonic travel.

• respondent: A quarter of respondents said they had watched some of the World Cup on the web.

• pound: One taxpayer said: " A quarter of a million pounds is a hell of a lot of money.

• inch: Each is about a quarter of an inch long.

• electorate: The turnout was 63.74 % which means that only about a quarter of the electorate actually voted for the Conservative candidate.

Possessives

• servant: In contrast, there are the servant's quarters and huge kitchen, with all the pots and pans on display.

Adjective modifier

• fourth: In the fourth quarter of 2001, the number of actions entered was just over 17 % less than the fourth quarter of 2000.

• third: The third quarter of the year often sees reduced traffic delays during the summer holiday period.

• second: The economy grew by only 0.3 per cent in the second quarter of 2003.

• 4th: The company is developing a gold mine at Sekisovskoye, which is scheduled to begin production in the 4th quarter of this year.

• consecutive: The savings rate fell to negative 0.5 % , the fourth consecutive quarter of negative savings.

• previous: The group pensions area is strong with schemes written in previous quarters starting to generate new premium income.

Modifies a noun

• peal: Bands may also wish to have their quarter peal sponsored in order to raise further money.

• inch: I spent three days listening to the quarter inch master tapes.

• final: Sunday 19 March 2006 Today - quarter finals day - saw some great matches.

• mile: The building is within quarter mile of Hackney Central British Rail Station.

Noun used with modifier

• sleeping: The sleeping quarters were on the upper floor which was reached by ladder.

• winter: We must wait until after winter quarter day - Christmas Day - the true first day of winter, he said.

• calendar: Quarterly Accounting The arrangement whereby withholding tax on coupons is paid shortly after the end of the calendar quarter.