"are substituted for" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to explain that one thing is being used in place of another. For example: "Coal and oil are increasingly being substituted for renewable energy sources."
Under isocaloric conditions, higher protein intakes will lead to lower intakes of other macronutrients, which can be investigated using substitution models in which other macronutrients are substituted for protein (14).
In warmer climates, wheeled carts are substituted for the sleds.
Then, known weights are substituted for the unknown load.
Where possible, local products are substituted for imports.
Animal power and machinery are substituted for human labour; mechanical power then replaces animal power.
Mr. Maazel used the lightly rescored version (flutes are substituted for oboes) that Mozart prepared for Salzburg in 1779.
When oils rich in polyunsaturates and monounsaturates are substituted for saturated fats and hardened oils, harmful cholesterol levels fall and beneficial cholesterol either rises or stays the same.
And when polyunsaturates are substituted for saturated fats, insulin sensitivity may improve and the risk of diabetes may fall, the researchers noted.
It is hampered by Burgess's own sometimes stodgy stage adaptation, however, as well as moments when verbal and physical precision are substituted for rollicking energy.
In them, animals are substituted for humans the way they are in Orwell's "Animal Farm," but the writing is contained in cartoon panels with drawings.
On the other hand, the effect of certain films can be utterly lost when inauthentic locations are substituted for genuine ones.
