Sentence examples for believed motives from inspiring English sources

Student Christian Johns, 20, from Texas, also believed motives other than a planned hip replacement and a desire to spend more time with his family were at play.

Criminality was a disease, Darwin believed, motives were merely "units in the universe," and where moral failure was concerned, "We ought to pity & assist & educate by putting contingencies in the way to aid motive power" (Darwin 1987, 608).

"Jealousy believed the motive," a front-page headline in The New York Times read.

Detective Sgt. Charles Christ of the Suffolk County police said he believed the motive was just money.

At a news conference here today, the authorities said they believed the motive was hatred of Mexicans.

And they said they believed his motive for downloading the information was to enhance his job prospects.

According to an unnamed source quoted by the newspaper, the investigators believed the motive in the killing was twofold.

Chief Joseph J. Reznick said the detectives believed the motive was robbery, although Mr. Carino went to work each day with only bus fare in his pocket.

Asked what he believed the motive might be, he said that in Portugal, according to the law, "kidnapping" could mean either abducting someone for a ransom or for sexual motives.

There, he said he believed the motive was political, but in Saudi Arabia it was unclear whether commercial interests might also be at stake.

Opinions at the studio were split between those who believed a motive was needed for resolution and those who felt the action was scarier without one.