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Sentence count:258+6Posted:2016-07-20Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: basiscausegroundmotivationpromptingreasonSimilar words: motivatemotionpromotiongive noticeactivenativeincentiverelativeMeaning: ['məʊtɪv]  n. 1. the psychological feature that arouses an organism to action toward a desired goal; the reason for the action; that which gives purpose and direction to behavior 2. a theme that is elaborated on in a piece of music. adj. 1. causing or able to cause motion 2. impelling to action. 
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181. The motive force for this enthusiasm is not internationalism or an overdose of brotherly love, but the size of the market.
182. They're still trying to establish a motive for the stabbing of Richard Miles, who was found dead in his garden.
183. Interviewed at his Paddington studios, Sweet's wife, Audrey, could suggest no motive for the killing.
184. Resistance to change is used too often as an excuse for failure rather than a motive force for success.
185. An ulterior motive for performing text recognition is to convert existing printed material into a computer format that permits further processing.
186. Morris said that police have not determined a motive in the attack.
187. A member is entitled to a judgment that is free from any extraneous or ulterior motive.
187. Sentencedict.com try its best to gather and make good sentences.
188. The absence of the profit motive as an incentive to efficiency does not adequately distinguish public and private employees.
189. He believed that nothing can be finally known that involves human motive and need.
190. He should be content instead with outlining the motive principle and not try to predicate any content to it.
191. There is an obvious social motive behind explanations with a sharing function.
192. It was nonsense for her to say no one had a motive for murdering her husband.
193. The primary motive is to free the self from a life that is necessarily rendered crass and degrading by society.
194. But Nietzsche's motive in opting for classical philology, when he finally did so, was not simple.
195. Wycliffe had no idea but surely not enough to provide a motive for murder.
196. In the end, seventeen different forms of motive power were on display along with a wide range of other railway related attractions.
197. But not all such changes are driven by the profit motive.
198. Many fail to realise that, due to obvious lack of water for motive power, it was ever a working mill.
199. It was an inspired piece of public relations, though more motivated by sheer pride and genuine gratification than any other motive.
200. My speculation over police motive could certainly be totally wrong.
201. And Troilus immediately confesses that this was his real motive behind his defence of the present Trojan stance.
202. Another distinction between human and animal behaviour is that considerations of motive are appropriate to the assessment of human action.
203. Colin Richardson, Mrs Godwin's neighbour, says Police believe the motive for the murders was robbery.
204. Now the motive is more often to allow multiple users to share data and applications.
205. The chances are we shall turn up some perfectly simple motive.
206. It was usually felt that the chap with his arm in a sling had an ulterior motive.
207. Giles's motive in telling her of his expectations was so transparent that she had lost interest in him.
208. What is the enterprise accounting policy choice motive?
209. Emotionality is the inner motive of the thought-of-singing.
210. Every business decision is based on the profit motive.
More similar words: motivatemotionpromotiongive noticeactivenativeincentiverelativeactivelynarrativeobjectivesensitivedeceptivedetectiveexecutivecognitivesupportivecooperativeinnovativediminutivecollectiveproductivedistinctiveattractiveprotectiveperspectiverelativelyinitiativeeffectivelyalternative
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