And while he himself disavowed any particular artistic motives, there is in his best work genuine artistry.

"We haven't zeroed in on any one particular motive," he said.

"I can't see any particular ulterior motive in their action," he said.

The presence of a particular motive can only be inferred by working backwards from the behaviour itself.

So you really had no particular motive in going to America?

On the contrary, I had a very particular motive.

We must separate this issue from the debate relating to any particular motive.

A definite action inevitably results when a particular motive influences a person's given, unchangeable character.

On war and its just motives, general and particular.

We have to be careful about attributing particular motives to the Simpson jurors.