单词 Collocations with motive 释义

Collocations withmotive

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hidden motiveNo doubt there is some hidden motive behind such a restriction, but it would seem grossly unfair.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0improper motiveIt shows there must have been some improper motive for the change.From theCambridge English Corpusmain motiveThe main motive for growing grain legume crops was the production of grain.From theCambridge English Corpusmixed motivesHowever, the mere existence of mixed motives in no way means that there is an absence of good faith.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0noble motiveA more noble motive on which to base regionalization is, of course, outcome.From theCambridge English Corpuspolitical motiveA less obvious fact, but equally important, is that no census is without a political motive.From theCambridge English Corpuspossible motiveTalbott certainly raises an obvious question in asking what possible motive could explain such a choice.From theCambridge English Corpusprimary motiveFarmers primary motive to adopt mulching is recognition that sloughing carries the risk of a permanent loss of cropland function.From theCambridge English Corpusracial motiveHowever, the clauses require an additional burden on the prosecution—to prove a racial motive.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0selfish motiveIs there no difference between two men who commit the same offence one guided by selfish motive and other by a selfless one?From theCambridge English Corpussinister motiveThere is no sinister motive or hidden agenda.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0sole motiveToo much support is being given to those whose sole motive is the amassing of profits.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0strong motiveIn and around the capital, a great number of people joined the rebels without any strong motive to support them.From theCambridge English Corpustrue motiveNot surprisingly, many ladino observers and most indigenous activists in the mid-1990s tended cynically to suppose that these funds were the government's true motive in creating it.From theCambridge English Corpusunderlying motiveIdeally, fragments must make sense to the expert who must be able to supply some underlying motive or reason for them belonging together.From theCambridge English CorpusThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org/collocation/english/motive##