"motive" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The problems of air pollution and other environmental destruction are a common motive, particularly in stories of the middle to late 20th century.
- When it comes to crime, investigators say, one of the most common motives is pure greed, the desire to get something for nothing.
- A motive common to the proposals for new Federal fees is the desire to increase revenue and thus to cut the gargantuan budget deficit.
- The 'messiahs' shared two common motives: money and sexual power.
- "It is a common motive in the histories of hundreds of worlds, Captain."
- By far the most common motive was insensate jealousy.
- The burning desire to own an original and unique work of art was common motive for burglary.
- The most common motive in sexual homicides is no motive at all.
- In love songs the most common motive is the desire.
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