11.   Although police in subsequent statements inclined towards a simple robbery motive, they did not rule out a political motive.

12.   A political motive was clearly bound up with this economic activity.

13.   The murders might have a political motive.

14.   It is hard to tell exactly how heavily domestic political motives weighed with de Gaulle.

15.   OPEC is often cast as a super-villain, holding the world economy to ransom for political motives and disrupting an otherwise smooth pattern of growth.

16.   All three denied any political motives for hiring Arent Fox and Talent.

17.   Amnesty was denied because they could not prove the killings had a political motive.

18.   Although they were not sure whether the theft was driven by a genuine political motive, the authorities were confident that the letter itself was not a hoax.

19.   An FBI spokesman confirmed that two agents visited Hurley but denied they had any political motives.

20.   And it has called on several occasions for the release of prisoners held by the security services for apparently political motives.