possible motive
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpossibleandmotive
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possible
adjective
uk/ˈpɒs.ə.bəl/us/ˈpɑː.sə.bəl/
able to be done or achieved, or able ...
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motive
noun[C]
uk/ˈməʊ.tɪv/us/ˈmoʊ.t̬ɪv/
a reason for ...
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(Definition ofpossibleandmotivefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Talbott certainly raises an obvious question in asking whatpossiblemotivecould explain such a choice.
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And let me say to them that they have everypossiblemotivefor putting their view very strongly indeed at these international conferences.
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Is onepossiblemotivefor charging fees to prevent applications without foundation clogging up the system?
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Whatpossiblemotivecould they have for wasting time on such a matter?
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Whatpossiblemotivecould he have had for that particular act of mean-mindedness?
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Whatpossiblemotivecan a professional scientist have for recommending lower catches?
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If she was not telling the truth, whatpossiblemotivewould she have for making those allegations on the film?
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My advisers do not think that that is likely, but they say it is apossiblemotive.
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In determining what levels of penalty are appropriate thepossiblemotivefor an offence should not be relevant.
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Whatpossiblemotivewould it have for pressing for that?
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Whatpossiblemotivecan he have for allowing her to go free to identify him at a later stage?
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But there can have been nopossiblemotivefor that change save the motive of trying to mislead the electors.
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Whatpossiblemotivewould these people have had for committing acts of sabotage such as those of which they are accused?
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Whatpossiblemotivecould there be for this?
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Does he accept that they do so with the bestpossiblemotive, of lone parents having to provide the parental contact of two parents?
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In addition, 1,801 assassinations with apossiblemotiveof social cleansing were recorded.
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They have not been made for an educational purpose, which in my view would be the bestpossiblemotive.
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The onlypossiblemotivefor supporting the amendment is the desire to ensure that we protect the interests of present and future generations of disabled people.
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It is the highestpossiblemotivefor a boy or girl to feel that by their own action and their work and enterprise they have saved their parents something.
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