degree adverb modifying preposition

In the English Grammar Profile, B1 point 9 in PREPOSITIONS is defined as:

adverbs of degree to modify prepositions and prepositional phrases.

(have to check each match that it’s actually modifying the preposition and not something else)

A check on google for Adverbs of degree:

Common adverbs of degree:
  • Almost, nearly, quite, just, too, enough, hardly, scarcely, completely, very, extremely.
  • extremely, especially, particularly, pretty, rather, quite, fairly, not especially, not particularly.
  • seldom, scarcely, hardly, not only ….. but also, no sooner …..

In iWeb we start a search for

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1 MORE ABOUT 829742
2 CLOSE TO 672774
3 ALL OVER 639976
4 REGARDLESS OF 567480
5 JUST LIKE 495119
6 EVEN IN 336605
7 DIRECTLY TO 319605
8 JUST FOR 303137
9 ENOUGH FOR 291403
10 ESPECIALLY IN 278081
11 EVEN WITH 266145
12 STILL IN 261823
13 CLOSER TO 258305
14 HOW TO 249795
15 WELL WITH 236518
16 WELL IN 223109
17 FAR FROM 216153
18 SO IN 213789
19 MORE ON 208825
20 ALSO IN 193612
21 LATER IN 193331
22 WELL FOR 183511
23 MORE LIKE 180414
24 ONCE IN 180154
25 EARLY IN 178948
26 DIRECTLY FROM 175231
27 BOTH IN 174127
28 MORE IN 173948
29 BEST IN 171612
30 ESPECIALLY FOR 164772
31 CLOSELY WITH 157303
32 HOW ABOUT 152082
33 MUCH LIKE 145182
34 JUST IN 139921
35 EVEN AFTER 129485
36 PARTICULARLY IN 128772
37 JUST BEFORE 128691
38 SHORTLY AFTER 127518
39 SO FOR 123835
40 MORE TO 122560
41 SPECIFICALLY FOR 122558
42 ALREADY IN 119262
43 MORE FOR 117021
44 EARLIER IN 112506
45 EVEN FOR 112194
46 ESPECIALLY WITH 109163
47 CURRENTLY IN 106948
48 ALSO ON 98749
49 EVEN ON 95341
50 RIGHT IN 95199
51 ELSE IN 94513
52 EVEN AT 94466
53 STRAIGHT TO 93317
54 DIRECTLY INTO 92652
55 IMMEDIATELY AFTER 87815
56 BEST FOR 87700
57 ALSO FOR 86928
58 SO WITH 86506
59 JUST BY 84874
60 MOST OUT 84225
61 DIRECTLY WITH 83635
62 WELL ON 82113
63 LEAST IN 80183
64 RIGHT ON 78602
65 BEST OF 74496
66 SOON AFTER 73473
67 DIRECTLY ON 72761
68 BETTER IN 72674
69 LATE IN 72538
70 OF LIKE 72164
71 STILL ON 71985
72 MORE FROM 69778
73 EITHER IN 68896
74 ONLINE AT 68710
75 MUCH ABOUT 68434
76 MORE WITH 66186
77 OFTEN IN 65849
78 RIGHT AT 65477
79 SO BY 65270
80 FORTH IN 64970
81 EITHER BY 64591
82 ONLY BY 63691
83 BETTER WITH 63496
84 MORE AT 63158
85 ESPECIALLY ON 62268
86 RIGHT TO 61960
87 LEAST FOR 61809
88 JUST AFTER 60311
89 HARD FOR 59776
90 DIRECTLY IN 59756
91 ALWAYS ON 59713
92 ALWAYS IN 59661
93 HEAVILY ON 59620
94 DEEP INTO 58519
95 BOTH OF 57827
96 ENOUGH TO 57593
97 STRAIGHT FROM 57150
98 WELL TO 57084
99 FAR IN 56490
100 RIGHT INTO 55982

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