1.   Although phone companies can cut some costs by consolidating contiguous operations, some analysts said that cost-cutting was not the prime motivation for this merger.

2.   A prime motivation for the relentless push abroad is the dim outlook for hotel growth in the United States, which is largely a mature market.

3.   But it is not her prime motivation as she hops on the treadmill at her health club or goes for fitness walks with her dogs.

4.   For CBS, a prime motivation for the deal was the increased security it offered for distribution of its programming, Lund said.

5.   He frequently cites the changeability of the economy as the prime motivation for his more cautious tax plan.

6.   If that is the prime motivation, keeping Kisangani neutral may not be easy.

7.   Mike Tyson proved to be the real show, and perhaps the prime motivation, for a card that King assembled and reassembled.

8.   Perhaps that is the prime Stanford motivation on Saturday.

9.   Profit appears to have been the prime motivation for the dubious dealings that blurred enemy lines.

10.   Some Carter critics say his prime motivation is a desire to win the Nobel Peace Prize.