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词汇 example_english_sole-motive
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sole motive

collocation in English

meanings of soleand motive


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sole
adjective[before noun]
uk /səʊl/ us /soʊl/
being one ...
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motive
noun[C]
uk /ˈməʊ.tɪv/ us /ˈmoʊ.t̬ɪv/
a reason for ...
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Examples of sole motive


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Too much support is being given to those whose solemotive is the amassing of profits.
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I am not supporting a world in which profit is the solemotive.
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I will not, at this stage, start going into details, but that is our solemotive and that is all we have done.
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It has been alleged that our solemotive is to reduce the pressure on prison accommodation.
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That has been the solemotive behind all their contributions.
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The solemotive of such companies in coming into those areas is not to help the poorest people but to make the fastest buck.
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We welcome the reductions, but it would be wrong to suggest that the solemotive for them is disarmament.
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The solemotive hitherto has been the profit-making motive and the existence of what is known as private competition.
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However, can he say that his solemotive for bringing this proposal forward now was that reason and that alone?
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That leads one to assume that the solemotive is mercenary.
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The difference is between those who are loyal to the rule of law and those who regard the national will as the solemotive of their policy.
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That is my solemotive.
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I did not say that that was his solemotive, but that the emotive way in which he approached the subject would have got the headlines.
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Here, let me say that our solemotive in taking this decision was to secure more scope for our own fishermen in the waters around our coasts.
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There are people whose solemotive is to make profit for themselves, and yet they are allowed to charge any price they care, any price they can get.
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But it is a defect to eat, like beasts, through the solemotive of sensual gratification, and without any reasonable object.
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My solemotive is to inform the public as to that which is done in their name and that which is done against them.
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Aside from the whistle, the steam locomotive remained inactive, with the diesel being the train's solemotive power.
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Fred denies these allegations stating his solemotive was to altruistically help serious breeders in that country to improve their dogs.
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