Sentence examples for motive because from inspiring English sources

At the time, police ruled out robbery as a motive because neither his car nor valuables were taken.

Dr. Merialdi said he endorsed a modest profit motive because he had seen other lifesaving ideas languish for lack of it.

The assassination of J.P. Morgan, Jr., was dismissed as a motive because he was in Europe at the time of the attack.

Six American troops were killed in what were believed to be revenge attacks for the burning of the Korans, although it is impossible to know the exact motive because most the shooters were killed in the incidents.

It seems that the notion of the authority of God revealing must be an object of faith rather than a motive, because the believer cannot ever experience the conjunction of this authority together with the fact of revelation.

"When we talk to people who have firsthand knowledge, we're just not finding anything that points to a motive because of his work," said the official, who wished to remain anonymous, citing the investigation.

3. Frankena's lack of clarity over the distinction comes out when he seeks to explain it (44) by contrasting two sorts of considerations one might offer to a deliberating agent favouring or opposing some course of action, considerations that justify ("because you promised to help Smith") and considerations that speak to his motives ("because if you help Smith he will remember you in his will").

Matt's assessment of the situation is: "Everybody thinks everybody else has secret ulterior motives because we all do.

"We don't want to speculate on the motives because the information comes directly from French intelligence services," Rodriguez Torres said.

"You'd have to ask David Cameron about his motives, because I know what certain people say about it.

"We don't want to speculate on the motives because the information comes directly from French intelligence services," he said, adding that the information was still being processed.