Example sentences of "more [adj] than carbon [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 These values show us that , in the first example above , magnesium oxide is more stable than carbon dioxide .
2 Much more reactive than carbon monoxide .
3 CFCs are also powerful greenhouse gases , each molecule being 10,000 times more powerful than carbon dioxide .
4 There were also the dangers of salmonella entering the food chain and the emission of methane , 30 times more damaging than carbon dioxide .
5 Molecule for molecule , they are 10,000 times more potent than carbon dioxide and it has been estimated that if production is not checked they will rival carbon dioxide as the main greenhouse gas in the twenty-first century .
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