Preposition: of

• population: When the plague finally was over, whole families had been wiped out and only one sixth of the population remained in Eyam.

• world: This represents one sixth of the current world airworthy population of 51 Spitfires.

Modifying Another Word

• currently: Stoke, currently sixth in the table, were by no means at their best.

• only: Only sixth formers were allowed to use the center staircase.

Modifies a noun

• former: Sixth formers are role models for the rest of the school, setting a standard to strive for.

• college: What is the notice period for a teacher in a sixth form college?

• commandment: The sixth commandment is, " Thou shalt not kill " .

• form: Sixth Form We welcome new girls into the Sixth Form each year.

• century: In the sixth Century the Saxon advance in the West country was halted.

• edition: Welcome to the sixth edition of the College of Arms Newsletter.

Used with adjective complement

• finish: Abi Finch finished sixth in the " A " final, placing her sixth in the country.

• rank: In terms of operating profit margins Miller ranks sixth, proving it can compete with the majors.

• come: No US imports were in the team that came sixth four years earlier.

• place: In the 200m, Gumbs was denied a final place only by a photo-finish, but Evans did qualify, placing sixth.

• take: JM Littman ( London ) recovered from a first-lap crash to take sixth.

Preposition: in

• jump: Jackie Spargo finished third in the long jump with a leap of 4.98m and sixth in the high jump with a clearance of 1.40m.

• series: The sixth in the series documenting the exciting adventures of Harry Potter.

• race: Haga was a slowing sixth in race two, nine seconds from the victor, Bayliss.

• table: Stoke, currently sixth in the table, were by no means at their best.

• world: Demag Ergotech currently reckons to rank sixth in the world in terms of injection machine sales revenue, with Van Dorn Demag fourteenth.