Sentence examples for the initial motive from inspiring English sources

"The initial motive was to harm Mr. Giddings," he said.

The initial motive appeared to have been robbery.

The initial motive for approaching someone is often self-interest; it's partly how we decide whom to approach.

The possibility of consciously guiding the evolution of man was the initial motive in Muller's scientific work and social attitudes.

Yet the initial motive for EMU was economic: the single currency was seen as a logical extension of the single market, the EU's greatest achievement to date.

Maybe the initial motives of a few are social and political but plenty of racist whack-jobs are jumping on the crazy train for their own message.

But whatever his initial motive, he says the approach he took -- a candor wholly uncharacteristic of the family previously -- was a lesson he learned from his friend Katharine Graham, the publisher of The Washington Post and the author of "Personal History," her own Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography.

The initial motives for leaving the country of origin comprised political reasons related to war and ethnic repression, for example orders to serve in the army (28%, seven participants); political persecution (16%, four participants); ethnic discrimination (16%, four participants); and living in a war zone (40%, 10 participants).