Either way, her motive seemed, actually, to matter to me.

Hori went on: "But the motive seems to me far from clear."

The government's motives seems to have included this need to occupy the land.

As they had never been particularly friendly in school, his motives seemed all too clear.

Each was killed by a gunman whose only motive seems to be murder.

That's about as specific as their motives seem to be.

Her motive seemed to be more to encourage him than genuine curiosity.

In the case of her first two husbands, the motive seemed clearly to be financial gain.

In the case of men, no political motives seem to be at work.

But it isn't in the works right now, and the motives for caution seem to stretch beyond security.