Example sentences of "[adv] [det] carbon [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The principle which would have to be established first of all is that each person in the world ( all those aged 21 or over , suggests Dr Grubb ) would have an equal share in man-made carbon dioxide emissions , regardless of whether he lived in a rich developed country or a poor one which produced hardly any carbon dioxide at all . |
| 2 | a year and prevent the development of combined cycle gas stations , which emit half as much carbon dioxide as coal-fired stations ? |
| 3 | The study calculated that , compared to recycling , the production of new polyethylene bags requires three times as much energy , consumes eight times as much water , generates twice as much carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxides and three times as much sulphur dioxide . |
| 4 | Since 1976 , however , land plants have started giving off as much carbon dioxide as they absorb . |
| 5 | The safety mattress also produced only half as much carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide . |
| 6 | The efficiency of biological effluent treatment depends purely on whether or not the bugs do their job properly , digesting as much carbon material as quickly and effectively as possible . |
| 7 | Because the diesel engine uses so much less fuel it releases substantially less carbon dioxide into the atmosphere . |
| 8 | In describing a proposed combined heat and power scheme , Auslan Cramb claims in a report today that carbon dioxide emissions contribute to the greenhouse effect ( as if this was something to be avoided ) . |
| 9 | And remember , every time you breathe out , you are adding even more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere and that is also a greenhouse gas ! |
| 10 | What is striking in any analysis of this sort is how much carbon dioxide is attributable to consumption of energy by the domestic sector : 29.1 per cent in 1987 as a result of all those central heating systems , television sets and cooking stoves . |
| 11 | This means that any water vapour would turn to ice , because its low gravity would only retain a tenuous atmosphere with very little carbon dioxide to help trap the much-reduced solar warmth . |
| 12 | The physical symptoms occur as a result of too much oxygen and too little carbon dioxide . |
| 13 | This provides warnings to prevent brain damage from oxygen failure , too much carbon dioxide intake , or accidental over-administration of aneasthetic . |