Sentence examples for motive given from inspiring English sources

"I'm sceptical of AGL's motive given they've been campaigning against the renewable energy target, and really this has come too late".

The town's governor, Hildur Odegard Sofie Gråbøll) has motive, given that Stoddart's environmental impact assessment was likely to put the kibosh on her plan for a luxury hotel "hewn out of a glacier".

In a two-part blog for Sojourners, Tracey Bianchi writes skeptically about Wal-Mart's ulterior motive, given the corporation's reputation of using unethical business practices to maximize profits.

The motive given was a little less clear, but had to do with feuding drug cartels, a case of mistaken identity, and a despotic mayor in cahoots with organized crime.

A detailed description of recruitment and baseline characteristics can be found in a paper by Marsh et al. 18 The most frequent motive, given by 38.0% of participants in the PA intervention, for joining the LIFE Study had to do with adopting an active lifestyle that would improve their fitness or general health.

The profit motive gives insurers every incentive to do so.

The profit motive gives companies a strong incentive not to poison their customers.

There is no doubt that Republican Paris, from whatever motive, gave a royal welcome to Princess Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh.

It is difficult to understand his motives, given he has been a director of Rangers since 2000.

And State Department officials questioned his motives, given that he was bringing along an investigator from the oversight committee, James Lewis, a former Army officer and C.I.A. operative.

For every person who applauds her comeback after giving birth to two children and taking a 14-year hiatus from training, many others wonder about her motives given that she is a long shot to qualify for her fourth Olympics.