Sentence examples for wrong motivations from inspiring English sources

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Those with the wrong motivations can tweak the "from" field in an e-mail pretty easily.

Some critics commented they came with the wrong motivations, seeing it as an easy way to increase the potential of their tax base, but even if this was the case, it could be easily corrected or mitigated.

Johanna Carlson of ComicsWorthReading.com found Bone Sharpss central message, "the question of whether promotion is a necessary evil (to gather funds through attention) or a base desire of those with the wrong motivations", still relevant to today's society; Carlson also lauded the flow of the novel and some of the intricate details in the story and setting.

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That is the wrong motivation.

But the historical example she offers, of CFC replacement in household products, assumes the wrong motivation on the part of companies.

The first is that he is doing it for the wrong motivation – to settle a score with the city council over its refusal to sell him the KC Stadium.

It's not that I want to prove them wrong – that would be the wrong motivation – but I do want to prove to myself that I'm still a top player.

If you can't answer all of these in the affirmative, then your "honesty" probably has the wrong motivation (such as spite, anger or revenge) and you'll need to rethink what you intend to communicate, if anything.

For Andy Murray, proving people wrong is motivation.

Novels about class and power, like those about war, can often come across loud and declamatory, the wrongs and motivations so obvious they border on cliché.

But Nigel Farage's deplorable "Breaking Point" poster last week undoubtedly overstepped the mark of decency – Cameron described it as "wrong in motivation" – just as the message that Turkey is not joining the EU any time soon is finally getting through.

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