Example sentences of "[coord] carbon [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Except for non-volatile , non-absorbent products , weight loss ( or gain ) measurements should always be made in order to confirm the adequacy of the pack to retain moisture , oxygen or carbon dioxide . |
| 2 | Deeper cavernous areas or hypertrophic tissue may require more non-specifically destructive treatment such as neodymium yttrium aluminium garnet or carbon dioxide lasers to improve their appearance . |
| 3 | The zinc sulphide is then transferred to a vessel through which passes an inert gas , such as nitrogen or carbon dioxide . |
| 4 | It can be used with methyl bromide , phosphine or carbon dioxide as the chosen fumigant , more efficiently and safely than traditional methods . |
| 5 | Greece , Spain , Portugal and Ireland were won over at a meeting of Environment Ministers by promises that the tax will be levied only on energy use or carbon dioxide emissions above a threshold value linked to the community average . |
| 6 | Pullwound tubes can be made in glass or carbon fibre , have a high crush strength , and come in any of five colours in glass/polyester . |
| 7 | As soon as you 've concluded your investigation of title , and whilst , with the help of your notes on title , it 's still fresh in your mind , prepare your requisitions on title ( with , of course , an additional print or carbon copy for the use of the seller 's conveyancer ) . |
| 8 | If we take just two examples of major environmental crises facing the world ozone depletion and carbon dixode emissions we see that no party except the Green Party is prepared to act quickly enough . |
| 9 | Within a few hours a scum appears on top of the wort and this rapidly builds up into a great yellowy-brown crust as the yeast turns the sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide . |
| 10 | It works at a warm temperature and vigorously turns the sugars in the wort into alcohol and carbon dioxide , producing at the same time ripe fruity aromas that add to the pleasure of ale drinking . |
| 11 | East Germany , where the lingering Protestant work ethic marched shoulder to shoulder with Leninist concepts of electrification as the vitalizing force that would change society , has the world 's highest per capita emissions of sulphur dioxide and carbon dioxide . |
| 12 | Listening to Tolba produces an uneasy feeling that perhaps Nairobi , where UNEP has its headquarters , is a bit isolated , too far away from the ‘ real world ’ of money and carbon dioxide and hard-nosed political deals . |
| 13 | The two most important greenhouse gases are water vapour , which constitutes less than 4 per cent of the atmosphere 's volume , and carbon dioxide . |
| 14 | The cocktail of greenhouse gases includes chlorofluorocarbons , methane , nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide . |
| 15 | This is the process by which these organisms synthesize the compounds of life from water and carbon dioxide , using energy from the Sun , and releasing oxygen ( see p.93 ) . |
| 16 | Modern living things have , however , adapted to the presence of atmospheric nitrogen , oxygen , and carbon dioxide ; and each of these is pressed into service , in ways that we will discuss later . |
| 17 | The greenhouse gases : methane ( CH 4 ) from cattle , termites , and swamps ; chlorofluorocarbons ( CFCs ) from aerosols ( and fridges ) ; and carbon dioxide ( CO 2 from everything that breathes and burns . |
| 18 | Human beings learnt to control fire about 100 000 years ago , causing gouts of smoke and carbon dioxide to be released into the atmosphere . |
| 19 | The gonococcus is a fastidious organism and demands not only the normal foodstuffs found in bacterial growth media ( normally blood products , meat extract , or ‘ chocolate ’ , which is boiled blood ) but it relies on the correct temperature , humidity , and carbon dioxide content in the surrounding atmosphere . |
| 20 | The process of anaerobic digestion , which involves the use of mixed populations of microorganisms to produce methane and carbon dioxide from organic wastes , is used to treat industrial , agricultural and domestic wastes and has been discussed by Barnes and Fitzgerald ( 1987 ) and Hawkes and Hawkes ( 1987 ) . |
| 21 | A particular cause for concern is that the concentrations of the two main CFMs is increasing by about 5 per cent per annum while the equivalent figures for methane , nitrous oxide and carbon dioxide are 1 , 0.4 and 0.3 per cent . |
| 22 | The main products now are artificial fertilisers and carbon dioxide which is sold to other industries , particularly to put the ‘ fizz ’ into drinks and as a cooling agent for nuclear power stations . |
| 23 | Besides petrol , fertilisers and carbon dioxide , the works produce many substances moved mainly by pipeline and lorries for making plastics , nylon-type fibres , paints and glues in other factories in Britain and overseas . |
| 24 | The safety mattress also produced only half as much carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide . |
| 25 | Air is drawn in and the wood or charcoal burns , producing water and carbon dioxide at temperatures of 1100–1700 o C. |
| 26 | As the Ice Age stabilised , the run-off of nitrogen-rich sediments would decline , the marine organisms would fare less well , and carbon dioxide could again build up in the atmosphere , playing a part in ending the cooling phase ( Nature , vol 302 , p 328 ) . |
| 27 | Our normal breathing pattern keeps oxygen and carbon dioxide at a level to which our bodies are well adjusted . |
| 28 | The catalytic converter chemically converts at least 90 per cent of carbon monoxide , nitrogen oxides and hydrogen emissions into water , nitrogen and carbon dioxide . |
| 29 | Once in the labyrinth the oxygen is absorbed and carbon dioxide released . |
| 30 | Fish take in oxygen from the water and excrete ammonia and carbon dioxide through their gills . |