Sentence examples similar to covert motive from inspiring English sources
The thought did occur that Greg Dyke might have his own motives for covert sabotage, but he held his hand and delivered an interesting programme that went into the credit column.
According to Mr. Labbé, the motive for a covert collaboration is clear: Corneille wanted money and Molière fame.
Pakistan could have several motives in undertaking a covert program to aid or protect the Taliban: appeasing Pakistan's radicalized Pashtun population; pressuring Afghanistan's government into political concessions favorable to Pakistan; or preserving a historically friendly militia as a hedge against an eventual American withdrawal from Afghanistan.
But Israel has an obvious motive, an impressive capability in covert operations, and a track record of trying to assassinate its enemies.
Whether it is responsible or not, the Israeli military establishment has a motive to claim successes in the covert war on Iran, as General Benny Gantz did this week, because it is under political pressure to start an overt one.
Mr. Wilson writes that Mr. Libby "evidently seized opportunities to rail openly against me" and was an "ardent neoconservative" who had the "motive and means" to conduct a covert inquiry to identify Mr. Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame.
But he had to battle almost the entire CIA, which was suspicious of his motives (was he trying to expose the covert program that created him?) and did everything it could to thwart him.
Stop your covert activities.
Probably some covert rat fan.
