The motive imputed to me is not in fact my actual motive for requesting separate names.

The actual motive, though, is a stalled screen career.

What did any man, doing any kind of work, know about his actual motives?

If that is, indeed, true, then their private discussions are certain to touch upon their actual motives.

The actual motive for the murder was never determined.

The actual motive for these crimes has no connection to either the person who committed it or to the victims!

The actual motives why Falco wrote this song remain misty.

The actual motive for Loeb's murder was apparently money.

Critics say the actual motive of the Kremlin military patrols is to crimp political dissent, not economic crime.

The actual motive for them paying for Shaeffer's silence was that if they did not, he would realize this.