mixed motives

collocation in English

meaningsofmixedandmotive

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mixed
adjective
uk
/mɪkst/us
/mɪkst/
showing a mixture of different feelings ...
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motive
noun[C]
uk
/ˈməʊ.tɪv/us
/ˈmoʊ.t̬ɪv/
a reason for ...
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(Definition ofmixedandmotivefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The new clause would allow a court to consider anymixedmotive.
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However, the mere existence of mixed motives in no way means that there is an absence of good faith.
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Many thousands of people in this country work for mixed motives, including many pensioners.
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Politics is often an affair of mixed motives, but it is none the worse for that; otherwise, it would be out of touch with reality.
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A decision to sponsor space research will almost certainly be based on mixed motives.
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Like all of us they acted from mixed motives, but some of their motives were very good.
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I, too, am a creature of mixed motives.
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To suggest that mixed motives, which whistleblowers typically have, obliterate good faith is to misunderstand the distinction.
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I believe that the introduction into the legislation of mixed motives would present a lot of difficulties.
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These mixed motives could be a source of confusion and endless discussion in court.
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We are all creatures of mixed motives and involved in tragic inconsistencies.
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We all have mixed motives.
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Often people act out of mixed motives.
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To date, pure motives have been defined, while conjectural mixed motives have not.
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Murphy proposed that the concept of symmetrical communication works along a continuum from pure conflict to pure cooperation, which is based on mixed motives.
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