31.   Most of the islands are uninhabited, with virgin forests and pristine beaches.

32.   Officials are worried that the Japanese-owned log carrier Jody F Millennium will break up under pounding seas spilling thousands of barrels of fuel oil onto pristine beaches.

33.   Pristine beaches and lagoons around Gisborne are home to many bird species.

34.   Regulations limiting building heights to that of palm trees were routinely ignored on pristine beaches in Thailand and elsewhere in the region.

35.   Several times a year, thousands of olive ridley turtles laboriously drag themselves up onto a pristine Pacific beach to deposit their eggs.

36.   So there is little to stop armed Colombians from crossing into Panama on raids for food and supplies, or even just a little rest on the pristine beaches.

37.   The flaring up of the conflict over the past week provoked a crisis in this idyllic territory of palm trees and pristine beaches that is unaccustomed to social unrest.

38.   The half-island territory offers stunning mountain vistas and a beautiful coastline with pristine beaches, but its few hotels are run-down.

39.   The modern festival is a tourist draw for Phuket, which is better known for pristine beaches and sunny weather.

40.   The territory offers stunning mountain vistas and a coastline with pristine beaches.