Example sentences of "reason [prep] trying [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One compelling reason for trying to improve selection methods is that poor personnel selection practices can be very costly to an organisation : Schmidt and Hunter ( 1981 ) estimated that poor or non-existent selection by the US Federal Government costs $16 billion a year . |
| 2 | However , that is not a good reason for trying to levy high tax rates that no-one can enforce . |
| 3 | But she could not tell him her real reason for trying to dissuade him . |
| 4 | ‘ There were a lot of problems with the welfare state , ’ I said , ‘ but that was no reason for trying to do away with it . ’ |
| 5 | But that is no reason for trying to make them contradict each other . |
| 6 | The President had good reason for trying to reform the Supreme Court . |
| 7 | One reason for trying to reduce government spending is to make room for tax cuts . |