OTHER PREPOSITION COMBINATIONS 1. According ______ the 1990 census, whites constitute 97 percent of Manchester's population. 2. Mason's At the Villa Rose (1910) was a detective novel far ahead __ its time. 3. Kido Takayoshi, Japanese statesman, was one of the “Three Heroes” of the Meiji Restoration, along _____ Okubo Toshimichi and Saigô Takamori. 4. Scientists measure the amount of sediment in a river in two ways: from a boat or by means ____ a satellite. 5. Brennan retired from the Court in 1990 due ____ poor health. 6. The Canadian Senate has the power to initiate legislation, except ___ finance bills. 7. William Lloyd Garrison and Sojourner Truth spoke in favor ____ abolishing slavery in the United States. 8. In spite ____ some material changes, however, Tibet remains one of the poorest regions in China, particularly its rural areas. 9. Libraries also increasingly provide access to electronic versions of materials instead _____ stocking the physical materials on the library shelves. 10. The young of water snakes are born live rather ______ being hatched from eggs. 11. The Battle of Dien Bien Phu resulted _______ perhaps the most humiliating defeat in French military history. 12. Fences (1983) portrayed conflicts between father and son as the result __ their coming of age in different eras. 13. Prior ____ becoming a full-time writer, Adam was a successful civil servant from 1948 to 1974. 14. Women have maintained the primary responsibility for raising children, regardless ________ their paid work. 15. Thanks ______ their highly developed nervous systems and internal skeletons, vertebrates have become very successful on land, sea, and air. 16. Williams, together _____ friends from Salem, settled at the site of the present-day Rumford, in East Providence. 17. As a consequence ______ the Great Depression, the federal government mandated in the mid-1930s that only Alaskan natives could raise reindeer. 18. By the late 1980s, one-fourth of Americans who ate breakfast away ____ home did so at McDonald’s. 19. Contrary _____ popular image, the Roman state was not continuously at war. 20. ___ the contrary, Neandertals, like the species that preceded them, walked fully upright without a slouch or bent knees. 21. In addition ____ factors such as climate and natural resources, historical changes in religion and culture also exert an influence on clothing. 22. Rome’s history is unique in comparison ______ other large urban centers like London, England, or Paris, France. 23. In 1863 Hale was accused of corruption in connection ______ work he did for the navy. 24. The Court appoints a lawyer to present appeals on behalf ______ individuals too poor to pay their own expenses. 25. Most urban areas have high atmospheric pollution levels, owing _____ motor vehicle emissions. 26. Most of Alaska’s food supply, with the exception ______ some dairy products, fish, poultry, and vegetables, has to be shipped in from other states. 27. Electronic games grew in popularity ____ the late 20th century, as the power of computers increased 28. _____ Sunday morning December 7, 1941, Japan attacked American forces stationed at Pearl Harbor and other U.S. military facilities on Oahu in the Hawaiian Islands. 29. ______ 1999 about two-fifths of all vehicles in the United States were equipped with air bags. 1 30. Nearly all bats are nocturnal (active ____ night) or crepuscular (active during the twilight of dawn and dusk). 31. Friday has long been regarded as an unlucky day. This superstition may be due to the occurrence of the crucifixion of Christ _____ Friday. 32. ____ the first floor are the formal rooms of state, which are open to the public. 33. Since life first appeared _______ Earth 3.5 billion years ago, many new types of organisms have evolved. 34. Located on Broadway _____ 66th Street, Lincoln Center is the largest performing arts center in the world. 35. Devine was ______charge ____ relief efforts in San Francisco after the earthquake and fire of 1906 nearly destroyed the city. 36. The modern Mountie travels _____ airplane, automobile, boat, snowmobile, and power toboggan. 37. His comedies, ______ the other hand, are lively and realistic. 38. Despite its differences, the Hindu community shares many things __ common. 39. The earliest computers were machines built to make repetitive numerical calculations that had previously been done ______ hand. 40. Gorillas are now considered to be ___ danger ____ extinction because of encroachment on their habitat and continued hunting. 41. Fox cubs, which are blind and helpless _____ birth, are extremely vulnerable to predators and often die during the first year of life. 42. Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and other survivors have described the horrors of Siberia's labor camps ______ detail. 43. _____ general, women work fewer hours than men. 44. ______ theory, French administration was indirect, but _____ practice the word of French officials was final on all major subjects—including the selection of Cambodia's kings. 45. Irving was founded in 1903 and incorporated in 1914. The city’s name was selected, apparently _____ random, by founders J. O. Schulze and Otis Brown. 46. George Burns is an American comedian whose career spanned more than 70 years, including appearances in motion pictures, __ radio, and __ television. 47. Zimbabwe, a country ____ southern Africa, is formerly known as Southern Rhodesia and then as Rhodesia. 48. English housewife Laura Jesson (played by Celia Johnson) and Alec Harvey (Trevor Howard) meet ______ chance several times, then fall in love. 49. Some 14 million people in the United States are considered alcoholics or ___ least experience drinking problems to some degree. 50. Boyle is also credited _____ the invention of the match. 2 3 . OTHER PREPOSITION COMBINATIONS 1. According ______ the 1990 census, whites constitute 97 percent of Manchester's population. 2 culture also exert an influence on clothing. 22. Rome’s history is unique in comparison ______ other large urban centers like London, England, or Paris, France. 23. In 1863 Hale was accused of. exception ______ some dairy products, fish, poultry, and vegetables, has to be shipped in from other states. 27. Electronic games grew in popularity ____ the late 20th century, as the power