Sentence examples for stated motivations from inspiring English sources

Saudi Arabia is home to the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina, and the continued presence of US troops after the 1991 Gulf war was one of the stated motivations behind al-Qaida's 9/11 terrorist attacks and the Khobar Towers bombing five years earlier.

Yet in both cases, some ignore those clearly stated motivations.

The less explicitly stated motivations were to have a sense of data ownership, that the experience was somehow more tangible by being on record, acting essentially as a "backup for my brain" (interviewee 17), and was in their possession: "So my real motivation for doing the recordings was so that I had a record of what they were actually doing, what they were saying" (interviewee 7).

But one of Kirby's stated motivations for writing "Little Richard" is that his subject, who is 77, is a vastly underrated, if not forgotten, figure.

Semi-structured interviews with nine key informants were then used to construct a narrative of the negotiation process leading up to the 62nd WHA (including the actors, forums and processes) as well as the stated motivations of participants.

These questions were envisioned as a gauge of students' stated motivation to persist in their chosen STEM fields.

Inclusion criteria: 20 years and older, Brinkman index ≥200, Tobacco Dependence Screener ≥5 and stated motivation to quit smoking.

The radicalization of the distinction between true and false interiority has led to new possibilities; inner states, motivations and feelings are now increasingly thought of as objectifiable and malleable in different contexts.

The paper examines state motivations, policy design and goals across three temporary worker programs in New Zealand – the Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme for workers from Pacific states, the working holiday maker program, and inclusion of temporary migration in free trade agreements.

He stated his motivation plainly, saying, "The public needs to decide whether these programs and policies are right or wrong".

Pearl's execution, though no less senseless than those of his colleagues, was the first to have a stated "political" motivation.