Example sentences of "[adv] carbon [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | in such circumstances temperature itself poses no problem , but in both summer and winter actively decomposing material can not only reduce oxygen supply but also produce not only carbon dioxide but toxic gases such as hydrogen sulphide ( ‘ rotten eggs ’ ) . |
| 2 | The new tests will apply to all post-1983 cars ; those from 1968 onwards will be required to take the existing basic emissions test , which checks only carbon monoxide and hydrocarbon outputs at idling speed . |
| 3 | The search is therefore on in laboratories around the world for new ways of obtaining useful chemicals from C 1 building blocks such as carbon monoxide , formaldehyde ( obtained by oxidising methanol ) , perhaps carbon dioxide , but especially methanol . |
| 4 | The search is therefore on in laboratories around the world for new ways of obtaining useful chemicals from C 1 building blocks such as carbon monoxide , formaldehyde ( obtained by oxidising methanol ) , perhaps carbon dioxide , but especially methanol . |
| 5 | Total world production of greenhouse gases , especially carbon dioxide , needs to be reduced dramatically . |
| 6 | The greenhouse effect arises from emissions of CFCs , methane , nitrous oxide , and especially carbon dioxide . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | As the stale air travels slowly through the flues , so carbon dioxide flows out and oxygen flows in . |
| 9 | So carbon monoxide is poisonous . |
| 10 | Thus carbon monoxide is less stable than nickel(II) oxide at temperatures below about 680 K whereas above this temperature it is more stable . |
| 11 | convert carbon dioxide not , not , not carbon dioxide back to oxygen ca n't they ? |
| 12 | If the electricity currently provided by nuclear power stations were to be generated by coal , the United Kingdom would emit about 55 million tonnes more carbon dioxide , increasing total emissions by about 10 per cent . |
| 13 | Other fires Gas or paraffin heaters should only ever be used in well ventilated rooms as they give off carbon monoxide . |
| 14 | On this occasion the lack of odour can be detrimental , as several light gases , notoriously carbon monoxide and methane are toxic and the human nose unable to provide a warning of their presence . |
| 15 | The Department of Energy sprang a surprise in the autumn of 1989 when the paper it produced for the ‘ responses ’ group of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change suggested that , with more efficient use of energy , Britain could cut its consumption ( and hence carbon dioxide ) by 60 per cent by 2005 or 2020 . |
| 16 | Labour 's plans involve an increase , or a stabilisation , of coal burn in our power stations , at the expense of gas or nuclear , at the same time as a reduction in both carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide levels . |
| 17 | Thought to be a world first , this gives significant energy advantages , as well as 25 per cent reductions in both carbon dioxide and sulphur dioxide emissions . |
| 18 | If chromium hexacarbonyl , Cr(CO) 6 is mixed with another chemical , X , that easily adds onto chromium , and irradiated with UV light , a mixture of chromium compounds containing both carbon monoxide and X , are formed . |
| 19 | There 's also carbon monoxide ( Co ) , nitrogen oxide ( NOx ) and unburned hydrocarbons ( HC ) . |
| 20 | Under this binding treaty , states were required to take steps to limit the emission of " greenhouse gases " , notably carbon dioxide ( CO 2 ) , believed to be responsible for global warming . |
| 21 | Under this binding treaty , states were required to take steps to limit the emission of " greenhouse gases " , notably carbon dioxide ( CO2 ) . |
| 22 | This would reduce the ability of the living world to take up carbon dioxide . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The more nitrogen they have available , the better marine plants will grow , and as they grow they take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | You know and they soak up carbon dioxide so it 's good for the environment . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Boreal forests lock up carbon dioxide |
| 30 | Similarly carbon dioxide is expelled from the tissues and diffuses away . |