Sentence examples for pristine patch from inspiring English sources

THE government inspectors set out from Athens for what they thought was a pristine patch of coastline on the Ionian Sea.

Two or three shared plates of fish, vegetables or meat — each, traditionally, added to its own pristine patch of rice — round out a meal.

PAGE 6 AFRICAN PARK FACES DEVELOPMENT Gabon is home to one of the most pristine patches of rain forest on earth, a direct but accidental result of Gabon's reliance on one of the filthiest fossil fuels: crude oil.

He also questioned Mr. Bush's ties to the oil industry, noting that Mr. Bush wanted to give companies access to oil reserves in pristine patches of Alaskan wilderness that Mr. Gore wants to protect.

Yet when scientists want to study wild apes, they typically do what Goodall did half a century ago: camp out in a piece of "pristine" wilderness, a remote patch of forest that is as far from humans, and as free from their interference, as possible.

Species forming strong bonds with thiol groups (e.g., Au) would accumulate on the pristine surface; while species forming strong bonds with Fe OH (e.g., PO43-) would preferentially bind to the patches.

IN a 0.69-acre patch of pristine grass in Central Park, slightly northeast of the bustling Tavern on the Green, sits a tranquil world that seems a decorous holdover from the 19th century.

On its colorful maps, the zones closest to pristine pop out as patches of leafy green.

Partial oxidation of a pyrite surface leads to the formation of a heterogeneous surface with Fe-oxide patches decorating the pristine surface.[54, 55] The presence of the patches establishes a Fe OH surface functional group with binding properties that differ from those on the pristine surface.

At best we hope to stumble across something pristine on the planet, a patch of turf protected from human excess.

A pristine, preserved little spot".