Preposition: of

• condition: Nevertheless, it gives us an idea of the rarity of the condition.

• disease: This means that due to the rarity of the disease it has not been possible to obtain complete information on this medicinal product.

Converse of object

• become: These plantations are becoming a rarity due to world coffee markets forcing the spread of high tech mass production techniques.

• remain: Direct employer support for childcare may remain a rarity.

• increase: The wooden bodywork has often not survived all that well, increasing the rarity.

• see: On any theater trip we take, we usually try to see some rarity or other.

Adjective modifier

• comparative: In the late 1980s low-emission types were still a comparative rarity in the UK.

• extreme: The £ 1 million mortgage, once an extreme rarity, is becoming more commonplace.

• relative: The showy cornfield annuals are now a relative rarity in the wild due to ' advances ' in crop weed control.

• real: Ironically, a real rarity was a Common Starling!

• genuine: All this makes for a genuine rarity: a biopic that seeks not to sanctify its subject, or excuse his many failings.

• odd: It was a pretty decent show altogether with plenty of variety and the odd rarity thrown in.

Modifies a noun

• value: The bells ' lack of harmony was felt to give them a rarity value which needed preservation.

• today: It does not accept advertising in its pages, a rarity today.

Noun used with modifier

• county: Over thirty species of moth have been recorded, one of which is a county rarity, the ' Clay ' .