expressing the relationship between a part and a whole

expressing the relationship between a scale or measure and a value

an increase of 5%

a height of 10 metres

indicating an association between two entities, typically one of belonging, in which the first is the head of the phrase and the second is something associated with it

the son of a friend

the coast of Italy

a photograph of the bride

a former colleague of John's

expressing the relationship between a direction and a point of reference

north of Watford

expressing the relationship between a general category or type and the thing being specified which belongs to such a category

the city of Prague

the idea of a just society

the population of interbreeding individuals

this type of book

following a noun derived from or related to a verb

where the head of the phrase is a predicative adjective

it was kind of you to ask

I am certain of that

indicating the relationship between a verb and an indirect object

indicating the material or substance constituting something

the house was built of bricks

walls of stone

expressing time in relation to the following hour

it would be just a quarter of three in New York