Example sentences of "a carbon [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The device contains a carbon dioxide cylinder which released gas into a coiled chamber . |
| 2 | The closed-circuit breathing is of the type we prefer , fifty-fifty oxygen and nitrogen with a carbon dioxide scrubber . |
| 3 | RuDp acts as a carbon dioxide acceptor and fixes the carbon dioxide . |
| 4 | Well , we 're all looking at it at the moment of , of course , but some of our first impressions are that for example on global warming , there 's no commitment to , to a carbon taxation . |
| 5 | A carbon plasma is created in an electric arc struck between two graphitic electrodes ; up to a fifth of the carbon vaporized ends up as buckminsterfullerene . |
| 6 | It has the same structure as zinc blende but with each zinc and sulphur ion replaced by a carbon atom . |
| 7 | The shoe has a blown rubber outer sole with a carbon rubber heel pad . |
| 8 | Also now I tend , as you 've probably come to realise I 've tended to include specific types of bonding arrangements as a functional group for example , I call a carbon carbon double bond , I call that a functional group for the simple reason that that arrangement of bonds dictates the principle properties of those compounds and in that context I 'm then using the word group a bit more liberally instead of saying it 's a group of atoms which dictate the properties I 'll say it 's a group of atoms or it 's a special grouping of electrons , which dictate the properties . |
| 9 | Right , finally something like a carbon carbon just do a simple one they balance for the carbon skeleton these are true positional isomers , no other problem with them at all er erm ! |
| 10 | If you think about this it 's based on the four carbon structure so you 've got ta have a few in the name there is a carbon carbon double bond so the basic structure we 've got is the Butane but as there is more than one position you could have that carbon carbon double bond now , to indicate this position and so this one would be called futes it would normally be a butane but to indicate it 's position bute one E and again you 're taking the lowest number so instead of it being a bute three , it 's a bute one E you start at the appropriate . |
| 11 | First , you sterilise the water with one of the purification tablets supplied , then filter it through a carbon filter to produce drinkable water for tea , coffee , cold drinks or just for cleaning your teeth . |
| 12 | From left : the curved P20 pruning knife features a carbon steel blade ( £11.99 ) , as does the P11 budding knife ( £10.99 ) ; the S4 pruning knife is in stainless steel and comes with shackle and strap and its own mini-sharpening steel ( £12.99 ) . |
| 13 | The increase was a carbon copy of Halifax Building Society 's increase on Monday and sets a firm benchmark which most other societies will now follow . |
| 14 | That particular trip was more or less a carbon copy of the previous one . |
| 15 | They provide an alternative of extremes which help the half-child , half-adult teenager to find a place in the adult world without being a carbon copy of his parents . |
| 16 | Just three days before Christmas last year , Noreen Button 's husband was killed in a carbon copy of the accident that claimed David Adams 's life on Wednesday . |
| 17 | It was almost a carbon copy of Kiwomya 's matchwinner in last week 's Coca-Cola Cup encounter with Aston Villa — the bookies ' favourites to overhaul Norwich for the Championship . |
| 18 | So much had been expected , yet it was a carbon copy of the wipe-out on the same track three years ago , and may signal a pruning down in future transatlantic visits for the Breeders ' Cup . |
| 19 | The Sun , in the title , the photograph of ‘ the mask of fear ’ and the body of the text , refers to the assaults as ‘ a carbon copy of the brutal rapes carried out by pervert Malcolm Fairley , the so-called Fox , who was jailed for life last Tuesday ’ . |
| 20 | This paper is chemically treated and whatever is written or typed on the top copy , automatically creates a carbon copy on the paper beneath . |
| 21 | Some patent systems produce a master payroll sheet and a perforated top copy , which can be torn off in strips to provide individual payslips for the employees ; details of pay and deductions for each employee are entered on the top copy and appear as a carbon copy on the master sheet . |
| 22 | The loosening of traditional morality , the decline of the family , the incitements of the movie-screen — all these were regularly cited as evidence of a breakdown of authority in a catalogue of accusations which is a carbon copy of the fears that surround the criminal question in our own time . |
| 23 | In no way a carbon copy of the Windows application , the DOS package has its own features and failings destined to attract a very different audience . |
| 24 | Emerson got a carbon copy of his first try after a swift counter attack , Stevens , came across from his wing into the centre to slice through the defence for a fine individual score , and left winger Paul McAteer raced in from 20 metres . |
| 25 | In the 15th minute came a carbon copy to her first goal as Jackie McWilliams increased Randalstown 's lead . |
| 26 | It was a carbon copy of an attack 18 months ago . |
| 27 | Thus the model can not take account either of changes in operators ' costs or of developments such as road pricing or a carbon tax which could be in place in the medium or long term . |
| 28 | The paper shows that global welfare losses may be lowest ( see table ) if a carbon tax is levied by energy-consuming countries and kept by them . |
| 29 | Losses would be twice as high if energy producers imposed a carbon tax and kept the revenues for themselves , or if a tax were levied by a world agency which then shared out the revenue in proportion to each region 's population . |
| 30 | One of the environmental challenges facing the chemical industry today — its role in global warming — is hotting up as the European Commission 's proposal for a carbon tax proceeds . |