Sentence examples for ultimate motives from inspiring English sources

Mr. Karzai's ultimate motives are not always clear.

Unless I've missed a vital scene (it has been known), we have no idea what the pair's ultimate motives are.

Some Syrian rebels are skeptical of Nusra's ultimate motives and allegiances because most of the leaders of its units are not even Syrians.

Sometimes, Bentham appears to allow for a more diverse set of ultimate motives or interests, including other-regarding motives (Principles X 25, X 36 38, XI 31; Table of the Springs of Action II 2).

The ultimate motive for these governments is to maximize the state's power, according to this view.

The ultimate motive, he continues, "is not economic (maximizing growth) but political (maximizing the state's power and the leadership's chances of survival)." Under state capitalism, market enterprises exist to earn money to finance the ruling class.

Even as he widens his lead in the polls, Newt Gingrich spends substantial time on an activity that raised questions about his ultimate motive when he was a back-of-the-pack candidate: selling and signing $25 copies of his books.

Kurdish groups in northern Iraq claim that Turkey's ultimate motive is to prevent the formation of a Kurdish state in northern Iraq by occupying its territory and ultimately controlling part of its natural resources.

"Sometimes our sincere friendship has prompted us to overlook our neighbors' ultimate motive," the ambassador told a Thai radio station, speaking from New York, where Cambodia has asked the United Nations Security Council to help resolve the dispute.

Many believe Langone's ultimate motive is to get a higher price as well as to needle Goldman Sachs Group for its role as advisor to both buyer and seller though speculation continues to focus on whether he would organize a competing bid.

Regardless of what the ultimate motive might be, all of these monikers prove one important thing: Wolfgang is full of surprises.