Example sentences of "[adv prt] carbon [noun sg] " 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 | Other fires Gas or paraffin heaters should only ever be used in well ventilated rooms as they give off carbon monoxide . |
3 | This would reduce the ability of the living world to take up carbon dioxide . |
4 | 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 . |
5 | The more nitrogen they have available , the better marine plants will grow , and as they grow they take up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | You know and they soak up carbon dioxide so it 's good for the environment . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | 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 . |
10 | Boreal forests lock up carbon dioxide |
11 | In contrast to most plants , they breathe in oxygen and give out carbon dioxide . |
12 | 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 . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | Breathing in too much air effectively pushes out carbon dioxide which normally forms a reservoir in the lungs . |
15 | She believes flowers breathe out carbon dioxide — well , they do — and they have to be put out at night . |
16 | Alan Townshend , professor of analytical chemistry at Hull , agrees that phasing out carbon tetrachloride is a minor worry . |