There are over 10 entries in the ACL for the B2 (proof) or C2 (law) noun ‘evidence’. Here we look for those adjectives that only come before ‘evidence’ in the list. A search in COCA for the frequency of these collocations:
1 ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE 1110 (unlisted in the English Vocabulary Profile.)
I wanted to put some science to this anecdotal evidence.
2 CONVINCING EVIDENCE 630 (C1)
At the very least, you‘d think they‘d be revealing their presence,
deliberately or otherwise, through electromagnetic signals of one kind or another.
And yet we see no convincing evidence of any of it.
3 AMPLE EVIDENCE 615 (C1)
Your Honor, we have ample evidence against Alice Sands.
Here are collocates of ‘ample evidence’ in COCA:
1 THERE 311
2 PROVIDES 31
3 PROVIDED 17
4 PROVIDE 17
5 SUPPORT 16
6 EXISTS 14
7 DESPITE 14
8 SUGGEST 11
9 CONTRARY 9
10 SUGGESTS 8
4 SUPPORTING EVIDENCE 408 (unlisted in the EVP as an adjective)
5 DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE 346 (unlisted in the EVP as an adjective)
Here’s a list of adjectives before ‘evidence’ in COCA:
1 SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE 2196
2 PHYSICAL EVIDENCE 1921
3 NEW EVIDENCE 1886
4 EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE 1758
5 FURTHER EVIDENCE 1144
6 ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE 1110
7 OTHER EVIDENCE 1100
8 STRONG EVIDENCE 1086
9 HARD EVIDENCE 1040
10 CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE 893
11 CLEAR EVIDENCE 882
12 AVAILABLE EVIDENCE 834
13 DIRECT EVIDENCE 749
14 FORENSIC EVIDENCE 653
15 COMPELLING EVIDENCE 645
16 SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE 631
17 CONVINCING EVIDENCE 629
18 AMPLE EVIDENCE 615
19 BEST EVIDENCE 547
20 GOOD EVIDENCE 531
21 HISTORICAL EVIDENCE 524
22 OVERWHELMING EVIDENCE 507
23 SOLID EVIDENCE 472
24 INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE 459
25 ONLY EVIDENCE 437
26 CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE 433
27 ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE 424
28 CREDIBLE EVIDENCE 423
29 SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE 410
30 SUPPORTING EVIDENCE 406
31 REAL EVIDENCE 378
32 GROWING EVIDENCE 361
33 CONCRETE EVIDENCE 354
34 ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE 343
35 RECENT EVIDENCE 326
36 ACTUAL EVIDENCE 316
37 EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE 316
38 MEDICAL EVIDENCE 316
39 LITTLE EVIDENCE 299
40 PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE 246
41 CONSIDERABLE EVIDENCE 237
42 STATISTICAL EVIDENCE 237
43 OBJECTIVE EVIDENCE 218
44 INCREASING EVIDENCE 195
45 INCRIMINATING EVIDENCE 188
46 TANGIBLE EVIDENCE 186
47 STRONGEST EVIDENCE 178
48 CURRENT EVIDENCE 176
49 VISUAL EVIDENCE 176
50 CLINICAL EVIDENCE 175
51 IRREFUTABLE EVIDENCE 169
52 PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE 169
53 SIGNIFICANT EVIDENCE 164
54 TEXTUAL EVIDENCE 158
55 ABUNDANT EVIDENCE 156
56 INDIRECT EVIDENCE 153
57 SPECIFIC EVIDENCE 152
58 LIMITED EVIDENCE 144
59 KEY EVIDENCE 137
60 IMPORTANT EVIDENCE 136
61 POWERFUL EVIDENCE 136
62 DEFINITIVE EVIDENCE 133
63 GENETIC EVIDENCE 133
64 RELEVANT EVIDENCE 131
65 EXCULPATORY EVIDENCE 128
66 SCANT EVIDENCE 127
67 SECRET EVIDENCE 123
68 INCONTROVERTIBLE EVIDENCE 119
69 FACTUAL EVIDENCE 118
70 LATEST EVIDENCE 117
71 FACIE EVIDENCE 115
72 OBSERVATIONAL EVIDENCE 115
73 EXISTING EVIDENCE 114
74 RELIABLE EVIDENCE 110
75 EMERGING EVIDENCE 109
76 CORROBORATING EVIDENCE 107
77 BIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE 101
78 PERSUASIVE EVIDENCE 101
79 CRUCIAL EVIDENCE 100
80 POSSIBLE EVIDENCE 99
81 CONFLICTING EVIDENCE 96
82 DAMNING EVIDENCE 96
83 EARLY EVIDENCE 96
84 FIRM EVIDENCE 96
85 CONTRARY EVIDENCE 95
86 VISIBLE EVIDENCE 91
87 BETTER EVIDENCE 88
88 CONTRADICTORY EVIDENCE 88
89 POSITIVE EVIDENCE 85
90 EXTRAORDINARY EVIDENCE 84
91 FRESH EVIDENCE 84
92 MOUNTING EVIDENCE 83
93 PRESENT EVIDENCE 83
94 STRONGER EVIDENCE 83
95 WITHHOLDING EVIDENCE 83
96 EPIDEMIOLOGICAL EVIDENCE 81
97 INDEPENDENT EVIDENCE 80
98 EARLIEST EVIDENCE 77
99 CONSISTENT EVIDENCE 76
100 INITIAL EVIDENCE 76