1. The abrasive tool may be hand operated, or operated by electric power, air power, or other motive power.

2. The actual motive was a desire for greater power, especially on Miriam’s part.

3. The persuasive power of paternalism supplies the motive for this step to be taken.

4. Active tooling units are devices for applying motive power, process energy or sensing to a workpiece

5. ‘Active tooling units’ are devices for applying motive power, process energy or sensing to a work piece.

6. “Active tooling units” are devices for applying motive power, process energy or sensing to a work piece.

7. They use fossil-fuelled combustion engines to power motive compressors and other equipment that propel their contents.

8. The air compressor (3) is driven by the steam engine (2) which generates motive power using the steam.

9. A chariot is a type of carriage driven by a Charioteer, usually using horses to provide rapid motive power

10. In any event , the profit motive should be subordinated to the social motive .

11. His motive was plain greed.

12. It can be divided up into several discrete periods defined by the principal means of track material and motive power used.

13. An increase in power or importance: He gives a lot of money to charity, but personal Aggrandizement/ self- Aggrandizement is his motive.

14. Do you impeach my motive?

15. Nothing mattered except the profit motive.

16. 2 Her prime motive was personal ambition.

17. Many crimes have a monetary profit motive.

18. A very important factor is motive.

19. Her prime motive was personal ambition.

20. / əˈɡræn.dɪz.mənt / an increase in power or importance: He gives a lot of money to charity, but personal Aggrandizement/ self- Aggrandizement is his motive.

21. I myself suspect a more prosaic motive.

22. The motive for the killing is unknown.

23. But they had another motive for their conspiracy.

24. What do you suppose the killer's motive was?

25. 16 Even so, the motive may prove inscrutable.

26. I believe they'd have some ulterior motive

27. What was his motive for doing that?

28. 12 Her prime motive was personal ambition.

29. Their motive was greed, pure and simple .

30. Well, now that we got motive all squared away...

31. There may be a hidden motive for his departure.

32. A strong motive forces one to surmount many difficulties.

33. 26 Jealousy was assigned as motive for the crime.

34. This is an excellent motive for being hospitable.

35. Could mean gang-related, revenge motive, personal business.

36. Right now, Andie just gives you another motive.

37. Perfect motive for him to forge those scripts.

38. Sexual jealousy is a common motive for murder.

39. His real motive for the crime remains obscure.

40. The capitalist system is based on the profit motive.

41. An overwhelmingly strong motive made the ship anchor there.

42. Jealousy was assigned as motive for the crime.

43. 9 He had to have an ulterior motive.

44. It is the nasty profit motive at play.

45. In the final analysis, profit is the motive.

46. “Follow Jesus With the Right Motive”: (10 min.)

47. Pathological liars tell Compulsive lies without a clear motive

48. There seemed to be no motive for the murder.

49. 17 There was no ulterior motive in his proposal.

50. Can we assign jealousy as the motive for the crime?

51. Some young men stormed Agip Platform with terrorism motive.

52. He claimed that his motive for stealing was hunger.

53. The logic is fundamentally flawed; the motive is despicable.

54. Cause definition is - a reason for an action or condition : motive

55. I have a big fat motive but no alibi.

56. The crime seemed to have been committed without motive.

57. Is there another motive for the ostensibly philanthropic venture?

58. 20 Sexual jealousy is a common motive for murder.

59. The motive of the executions would be to instil fear.

60. His motive for working so hard is that he needs money.

61. This motive had been a stock-in-trade of medieval art.

62. Why would she have killed him? She has no motive.

63. There seemed to be no clear motive for the attack.

64. The motive of the torah operation lies in the pressure.

65. The motive behind such words is austere rather than snobbish.

66. What makes life dreary is the want of a motive.

67. What makes life dreary is the want of motive. 

68. Police have refused to speculate on a motive in this murder / suicide.

69. In this trial two essential elements must be proven: motive and opportunity.

70. For most of the Guise family, religious zealotry was not a motive.

71. The power of mitochondrial synthesized ATP (proton motive force)rose at the begin, and following gradually decreased to the level which was lower than that of before stimulated by Concanavalin A.

72. Of course, knowing Bernarda, there is always an ulterior motive.

73. The motive for the robbery was greed, pure and simple.

74. Cogency: Power of proving or of producing belief; the quality of being highly probable or convincing; force; credibility: as, the Cogency of an alleged motive, or of evidence; the Cogency …

75. Detectives have been unable to assign a motive for the murder.

76. The profit motive is at the core of the capitalist system.

77. Self Actualization is a universal motive and psychological need in higher level.

78. Spurred by the profit motive, the shops tackled problems with a vengeance.

79. 15 Special care should be exercised in guarding one’s motive relative to money.

80. False friends are often great flatterers who curry favor with some ulterior motive.