Such an investigation is initially motivated by a system of linear equations in several unknowns.

He said he was initially motivated by a love of communism but that later he stole for personal gain.

During the first two years as president there were two main focus of violence in the country; in Boyaca and Santander initially motivated by political reasons.

Maslow suggested that man is initially motivated by a series of basic needs, called the hierarchy of needs.

Whatever had initially motivated the mess officer (and it could have been, in fairness, an innocent ploy), sadistic tendencies soon revealed themselves.

Bailey has stated his book was initially motivated by what he saw as "gross inaccuracies in Ettner's account of transsexualism."

Romeo is initially motivated by long ago lover Brenda Perkins murder.

Irrealism was initially motivated by the debate between phenomenalism and physicalism in epistemology.

And Mr. Legiardi-Laura admits that his odyssey was not initially motivated by community spirit.

Development of the Texas Syndicate was initially motivated by self-protection against the historical "building tenders" in prison.