Men always had an obvious motive, so their compliments didn't mean anything; a woman's was more honest, usually.

There is an obvious social motive behind explanations with a sharing function.

"We're out of people who had an obvious motive," said Jupiter.

Most of them could provide an obvious motive, at least for one person.

Elizabeth simply exercised that right with more obvious personal motives than others.

The President had an obvious motive to lie in this respect.

And, behind that obvious motive, there lay an even deeper one.

There simply is no obvious motive for this action by the Chinese.

The two obvious motives are either money, or just plain dislike and jealousy.

On the face of it, there was no obvious motive for either murder.