Preposition: on

• grid: In the first of two races, he rose from third on the grid to move into the lead.

Converse of object

• occupy: But the cinemas occupy only one third of the net lettable area of the building, with the remainder including licensed premises.

Adjective modifier

• remaining: Of the remaining third, just under half were on partial housing benefit, and the rest paid all their own rent.

• final: The final third should be back at 2mm deep.

Modifies a noun

• party: We will not pass on your details to any third party without your prior consent.

• quarter: The reports are available online from the third quarter of 1994 to the present date.

• edition: Perhaps that is an update for the third edition.

• year: In your third year you spend two days per week in the lab.

• place: In 2005 this had dropped into third place with 54 % .

• generation: In the third generation, we see the value judgments implicit in evaluation being made explicit.

Used with adjective complement

• finish: Birmingham finished third, with Solihull providing 4 out of the 7 team members.

• come: The Conservatives came third, to the distress of Ann Widdecombe, our memorable Guest of Honor on Speech Day.

• lie: They were separated by two-fifths of a second at the end of lap one, with Barry Davidson ( Yamaha ) lying third.

Noun used with modifier

• two-: Those who support the new proposals think that predictions of dangerousness would be right about two- thirds of the time.

Preposition: in

• discus: He claimed a win in the hammer and third in the discus to provide unexpected but highly valuable points.

• jump: Stephen Parkes won the six-lap race, was third in the vertical jump and fourth in the shot.

• series: Multi-hand Bonus Blackjack This is the third in the series of multi-hand blackjacks.

• league: This win moved us up to third in the league and Roches ' goal was a classic which will forever live in Saltash folklore.

Preposition: of

• population: In Stantonbury a third of the population died, including the vicar.

• workforce: In fact, as the TUC notes, trade unionists make up nearly one third of the workforce.