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#: ''We didn't have any snow '''until''' the end of December.'' [[Category:Prepositions with PP complements]] ...

...ns or is true '''by virtue''' of <math>y</math>, <math>x</math> is because of <math>y</math>. #: ''He became popular '''by virtue''' of the way he handled the issues.'' ...

# If <math>x</math> happens '''regardless''' of <math>y</math>, <math>y</math> does not change <math>x</math>. #: ''She left, '''regardless''' of him asking her to stay.'' ...

#{{gerund-participle of|owe}} [[Category:Prepositions with to-PP complements]] ...

# If <math>x</math> happens '''in spite''' of <math>y</math>, it is [[surprising]] that <math>y</math> did not stop <math #: ''They couldn't move it '''in spite''' of their strength.'' ...

# If <math>x</math> is '''in charge''' of <math>y</math>, other people should do what <math>x</math> says about <math #:''OK, you're '''in charge''' of food for the party.'' ...

# If <math>x</math> is true '''irrespective''' of <math>y</math>, <math>y</math> doesn't matter to or change <math>x</math>. #: ''We all have the same rights '''irrespective''' of color, religion, sex, or age.'' ...

# If <math>x</math> is '''downwind''' of <math>y</math>, the air is moving from <math>y</math> to <math>x</math>. {{ #: ''Our house was downwind of the factory and the smell was terrible.'' ...

#: ''Most of the '''preparatory''' work had been done, but the building had not actually [[Category:Prepositions with to-PP complements]] ...

# {{attrib}} happening as a result of sth. #: ''The warming of the Earth and the '''consequent''' climatic changes affect us all.'' ...

...ce}} If you '''save''' information, you put it on a disk or into some kind of long-term memory. # All of <math>x</math> '''save''' <math>y</math> describes only that part of <math>x</math> that is not <math>y</math>. {{syn|except|but}} ...

# If <math>x</math> is '''upwind''' of <math>y</math>, the air is moving from <math>x</math> to <math>y</math>. {{ #: ''I'd drop the boat slightly '''upwind''' of him so it would blow downwind to him.'' ...

# <math>x</math> '''instead''' of <math>y</math> means: not <math>y</math> but <math>x</math>. #: ''I'll have water '''instead''' of [[coffee]], thanks.'' ...

# '''Depending''' on <math>x</math>, means that the truth of what you say is affected by <math>x</math>. ...untry celebrated independence even later, '''depending''' on when the news of Congress's action reached them.'' ...

...> is '''on top''' of <math>y</math>, <math>x</math> is on the highest part of <math>y</math>. #: ''I can't get the book. It's '''on top''' of the bookcase.'' ...

[[File:Delante.PNG|thumb|it's '''in front''' of the box]] # If <math>x</math> is '''in front''' of <math>y</math>, <math>x</math> is closer than <math>y</math> to the [[goal] ...

[[File:Daimler DB 605 cutaway.jpg|thumb|The inside of an engine]] # The '''inside''' of something is the part that you can't [[see]] or can't [[touch]] because oth ...

#: ''The payment is '''due''' at the end of the month.'' [[Category:Prepositions with to-PP complements]] ...

...'Contrary''' to popular belief, the oil companies cannot control the price of crude.'' #: ''The '''contrary''' view is that these kind of projects are a waste of money.'' ...

#: ''He took the pen '''out''' of his pocket.'' #: ''He's about half an hour '''out''' of Toronto.'' ...