motivations

She wants to help the animals because she feels connected with their plight as someone who is also physically different, but that desire doesn’t go beyond surface motivations.

With Paul reported to be earning about £31m and Tyson's purse half that, there are question marks around the motivations behind this match-up.

Their plots are essentially straightforward — somebody wants to kill somebody, somebody else wants to stop them — but stuffed with complications and characters that can at times muddy specific goals and motivations.

His backstory and motivations are elusive, but in this version there’s a stronger sense of why.

To a person, their answers were offered in a spirit of friendliness and candor, facilitating a better understanding of their motivations.