Some prepositions are composed of more than one word and are called compound prepositions.

EXAMPLES: according to, because of, in front of, instead of, in spite of, and next to.
According to him, his wife is the most beautiful woman in town.
He had to retire because of ill health.
She parked her car right in front of mine.
You should do something instead of talking about it all the time.
They did not postpone the match in spite of the rain.
The circus clown is sitting next to her.