Example sentences of "[adv prt] carbon dioxide " in BNC.
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1 | The report , in the form of a white paper , breaks down carbon dioxide emissions into four sectors : industry , domestic use , transport and energy conversion and electric power transmission losses , giving a clear indication of where Japan 's carbon problems lie . |
2 | This would reduce the ability of the living world to take up carbon dioxide . |
3 | Rain is naturally acid , with a pH of around 5.6 ; as it falls it picks up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere , which dissolves to form carbonic acid . |
4 | The more nitrogen they have available , the better marine plants will grow , and as they grow they take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere . |
5 | How will that be possible , given that Labour wishes to phase out nuclear , which could easily push up carbon dioxide emissions by at least 10 per cent . |
6 | You know and they soak up carbon dioxide so it 's good for the environment . |
7 | Aid for research into deforestation and forest replacement is promised and tree planting will be encouraged as an effective way of absorbing and locking up carbon dioxide . |
8 | Nitrate fertilisers may make grassland more efficient at soaking up carbon dioxide , helping to offset some of the risks of global warming , according to research by the Institute of Terrestial Ecology . |
9 | Boreal forests lock up carbon dioxide |
10 | In contrast to most plants , they breathe in oxygen and give out carbon dioxide . |
11 | Buying out CFCs in the Third World is within the West 's means , but buying out carbon dioxide in China , India , Brazil and the lesser parts of the Third World is certain to prove beyond anyone 's means . |
12 | Plants consume carbon dioxide , releasing the oxygen that we other species require , completing in our turn the full circle by ‘ burning ’ carbon and breathing out carbon dioxide . |
13 | Breathing in too much air effectively pushes out carbon dioxide which normally forms a reservoir in the lungs . |
14 | She believes flowers breathe out carbon dioxide — well , they do — and they have to be put out at night . |