1.   At what point does a state have a motive for keeping the smoking rolls up?

2.   It was nonsense for her to say no one had a motive for murdering her husband.

3.   Who might have had a motive for killing him?

4.   Different governments have different motives, depending on how radical and also how democratic they actually are.

5.   The searcher had dishonourable motives.

6.   All the committee had motives.

7.   What motives did people have for their actions?

8.   A jury has been told that a woman accused of trying to kill her ex-boyfriend for the insurance money had no motive.