Sentence examples for motive both from inspiring English sources

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While the police would not speculate on Mr. Romano's motive, both students and law enforcement officials speaking on the condition of anonymity said it was unlikely that Mr. Bennett was the target.

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For Kenya and elsewhere, the challenge is similar to that discussed more widely in the CHW literature [ 26, 27], of ensuring that there is an appropriate balance between extrinsic motives both financial and non-financial – and intrinsic motivation such as social recognition, knowledge gain, and the opportunity to make a social contribution.

To write such a book and not be a fan would imply motives both mercenary and cynical.

In his great novels even the wise and nobler spirits can be blind to the mixture of motives, both virtuous and self-seeking, that drive people — or indeed blind to the knots of their own desires.

Danton's support of the governmental policy of stabilization was doubtless not without ulterior motives, both personal and political; he was determined to save friends of his who had been arrested or who were in danger of arrest.

The overseas edition of People's Daily, the mouthpiece of the Communist Party, said in an editorial about China and the Middle East uprisings on Thursday: "A number of people with ulterior motives both inside and outside China are conspiring to divert the troubled waters toward China.

Though the prime minister cautioned against jumping to conclusions about the gunman's motives, both attacks were in areas connected to the left-leaning Labour Party, which leads a coalition government.

Hoffman sees a mixture of motives, both pragmatic (e.g., Poland's need to reintegrate into the comity of Western nations after the darkness of communist rule) and benign (e.g., earnest contrition and a desire to build partnerships with Jews).

Both killers appeared to have a sexual motive, and both let all the boys in the classroom go free.

Prosecutors said robbery was the motive for both killings.

He wouldn't have been able to bring together growers (farmers overseas) and roasters (businesses usually based in the United States) without a profit motive for both, he said.

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