Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] carbon [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory ( LLNL ) in California , for instance , was once a naval air station , where in more innocent days the ground crews cleaned engines by hosing them down with carbon tetrachloride and trichloroethane ( TCE ) . |
| 2 | Since it can also be catalytically broken down to carbon monoxide and hydrogen , it is also a convenient and easily transportable source of syn-gas . |
| 3 | Since it can also be catalytically broken down to carbon monoxide and hydrogen , it is also a convenient and easily transportable source of syn-gas . |
| 4 | At appropriate stocking rates there is a natural tendency for oxygen to move from the atmosphere where the concentration is high , to the water where it is low and conversely for carbon dioxide to move from water with a higher concentration to the atmosphere where it is lower . |
| 5 | Mars , by contrast , being so much further away from the Sun , is very cold : the water vapour produced by its early volcanoes would swiftly have frozen solid , leaving a thin atmosphere composed largely of carbon dioxide . |
| 6 | The reason is that although the algae need carbon to create their skeletons , they extract this from bicarbonate in sea water , not from carbon dioxide . |
| 7 | It is important to find time for relaxation and generally winding down but also it may be helpful to ‘ rebreathe ’ four or five times a day to counteract any blowing off of carbon dioxide which may have occurred . |
| 8 | Declaring global warming , caused by the build up of carbon dioxide and other gases , to be ‘ the most worrisome ’ of all environmental threats , Dr Cunningham promised a major long-term programme of energy conservation . |
| 9 | It 's the build up of carbon dioxide er in the atmosphere . |
| 10 | splits up splits up into carbon dioxide and water . |
| 11 | ( The terms C 3 and C 4 indicate the number of carbon atoms in each molecule of the main type of sugar that each plant manufactures out of carbon dioxide and water as a result of photosynthesis . ) |
| 12 | The key is that acetic acid can be put together out of carbon monoxide and methyl alcohol ( methanol , wood alcohol ) . |
| 13 | We do not need to wait for new efficient technology : as Stewart Boyle described in ‘ More work for less energy ’ ( New Scientist , 5 August 1989 ) , the technology exists to take the first step towards the targets we have set to save energy and fossil fuel , and to cut back on carbon dioxide emissions . |
| 14 | Speeding up urban traffic could save 10 per cent of fuel , and so cut back on carbon dioxide . |
| 15 | Well out of that you 've got all the makings there of carbon dioxide and water . |
| 16 | The " climate-relevant emissions " covered in the plan include , apart from carbon dioxide , methane , nitrous oxide , nitrogen oxides , volatile hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide . |