Is there a specific reason why such an approach would not work today?

And he thus had a specific reason not to act a few minutes later.

I have a specific reason to hope that one of you will decide to change.

"If you could find some specific reason why she died, it would make me feel a whole lot better."

But he'd held back, and now he was following him for no specific reason.

People died when and where they did for specific reasons.

She came in second place, with no specific reason is stated as to why.

You were in the dream for a very specific reason.

Is there a specific reason for doing it this way?

There are specific reasons for this, but something must be done about the matter.