The phrase "a shell in which" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a protective or enclosing structure that serves a specific purpose or function.
Example: "The artist created a beautiful sculpture, a shell in which the light could play and dance."
Alternatives: "a container that holds" or "an enclosure that contains".
I spent a day with a marine amputee in a mono-ski (a fiberglass shell in which you sit that's mounted on a ski) answering to a litany of, "Heather.
Core/shell structure appeared in Fig. 4c, as a concentrated core and a lighter shell, in which magnetite nanoparticles appeared darker and well dispersed in the whole matrix of nanoparticle (Gupta et al. 2014a, b).
The end is a materialistic shell in which only cynicism, opportunism, personal profit can exist.
And it turns a fierce, compassionate light on the ways that we boys and men armor ourselves against the emotional and physical violence of homophobia, and how the armor we grow to protect ourselves becomes a hardened shell in which we live out the rest of our lives, seemingly protected but actually trapped inside our protection.
The curves in the figure represent the percentage of events (within a specific shell) in which the Ca2+ ion propagated (measured as MSD) more than the value in the abscissa, relative to the surface of the protein.
This stuff matters because rank denotes a place in the hierarchy of power unless title is an empty shell, in which case we should be told.
A medium-sized marrow is something with which to marry the tartness of tomatoes and the warmth of basil; an edible shell in which to sit stews of lentils or ratatouille-type mixtures.
Worthenia is characterized by a turban-shaped shell in which a raised ridge follows the margin of the whorls.
The company has created a demonstration project in a municipality in southwestern France: a multistory concrete shell in which homes, gardens, and green spaces are attractively nested on every level.
