Sentence examples for was not pristine from inspiring English sources
The city designated its facade a landmark in the 1980's (its interior was not pristine enough to qualify), meaning that it can't be demolished.
"The river wasn't pristine before, but these conditions made me immediately believe that something was wrong, that there had been a sewage spill," Mr. McAllister said.
Well, there are problems with that because there were already people there who maintained the land in a certain way – it wasn't "pristine" in the way settler-colonials envisaged it.
Well, there are problems with that because there were already people there who maintained the land in a certain way it wasn't "pristine" in the way settler-colonials envisaged it.
Your action is not pristine.
Hong Kong country parks are not pristine wilderness.
It is not pristine data that can be neatly stored in rows and columns.
Even in Sweden, often held up as an example, the new model is not pristine.
Certainly, the United States military's past history is not pristine on this score.
To underline the "We're not perfect" concept, "the execution of the ads is not pristine, either," Mr. Ungar says.
Ms. Bair's blunt remarks have also drawn criticism, since the F.D.I.C.'s record is not pristine.
