The phrase "a substance was found" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts such as scientific reports, legal documents, or news articles when discussing the discovery of a material or chemical.
Example: "During the investigation, a substance was found that matched the description of the missing evidence."
Alternatives: "a material was discovered" or "a compound was identified."
"In front of the location, a substance was found," Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said.
Donoghue said a substance was found in Kile's hotel room that was possibly marijuana.
THE NEWS A substance was found in recalled supplies of heparin, a blood-thinning drug, that is so similar to the genuine active ingredient that ordinary tests do not distinguish between them.
Rays reliever Joel Peralta was ejected in the eighth without throwing a pitch when a foreign substance was found on his glove.
Slalom skier Alain Baxter would have become the first British snowsports medallist at a Games after finishing third in Salt Lake City in 2002 but he was later disqualified after a trace of a banned substance was found in his post-race urine sample.
The sheriff's report indicates a shot glass with an unknown substance was found during a search of Arthur's apartment.
About 800 employees of the Connecticut State Department of Environmental Protection here were evacuated yesterday after a powdery substance was found with a written threat that it was anthrax.
A suspicious substance was found Monday at an Internal Revenue Service building in Odgen, but a government spokesman said the material was not hazardous.
The main post office in New Haven was evacuated today after a powdery substance was found at the bottom of a mail bin.
Similar delays occurred last Saturday, when a powdery substance was found on soda cans in the galley of a plane flying to Houston from Minneapolis.
Werth, who has a chequered doping past having served a six-month suspension from the sport in 2009 after a banned substance was found in her horse, had finished with the top score in the team event last week.
