reasonable effort

collocation in English

meaningsofreasonableandeffort

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reasonable
adjective
uk
/ˈriː.zən.ə.bəl/us
/ˈriː.zən.ə.bəl/
based on or using good judgment and therefore fair ...
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effort
noun
uk
/ˈef.ət/us
/ˈef.ɚt/
physical or mental activity needed to ...
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(Definition ofreasonableandeffortfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Guidance also suggests that everyreasonableeffortto get the patient to stop should be made and that this may include telling their next of kin of the situation.
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Galligan told the jury that it is proper for police to question a juvenile without a parent present as long as they made a 'reasonableeffort' to notify the parent.
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Everyreasonableeffortmust be made to do that, including personal management of the services themselves.
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I shall continue everyreasonableeffortto make sure that the benefits go to those who are entitled to have them.
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You are not making anyreasonableeffortto obtain work.
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Would not some such words as "with allreasonableeffortit is not possible to complete the inquiries"be better than"impracticable"?
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In the first place, if you are going to conciliate people, you must do it by making areasonableeffortto meet their wishes.
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The question is whether the tenant has made areasonableeffortto secure agreement.
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They provided for using "every legitimate andreasonableeffortto maintain a just, impartial, and efficient public service," and so on.
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Of course, we support anyreasonableeffortto improve marketing.
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I am sure that local authorities will make everyreasonableeffortto reply.
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In such circumstances, it might be said to be impracticable to complete the inquiries or that one could not do it with allreasonableeffort.
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Prison is not really a threat to a person who makes areasonableeffortto discharge the fine imposed by the court.
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We must in fact make everyreasonableeffortto reduce emissions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, in order to protect health and the environment.
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Of this number 36 applications were recommended for disallowance on the ground that the applicants were not making everyreasonableeffortto obtain suitable employment.
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Not making everyreasonableeffortto obtain suitable employment or not willing to accept suitable employment.
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Areasonableeffortcould be achieved for a total cost of some £18 million over a five-year period.
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Everyreasonableeffortwill be made to avoid abscondings and every effort has already been made.
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We make everyreasonableeffortto reduce regulation in education, but that must be balanced against our duty to protect standards and the well-being of pupils.
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I think areasonableeffortis being made to keep a check on the process and in many cases into which investigation has been made no actual fraud was found.
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