1.   The light then passes through a small transparent section of the protective outer coating, and continues via a lens which focuses it on the back of the retina.

2.   Plain soap tears off the outer coating of flu viruses, rendering them inert.

3.   The ones usually sold as food have had their tough fibrous outer coating removed.

4.   Scientists believe HIV uses its outer coating to hide in the body until it attacks.

5.   Some of the beans that were produced, Grafton said, had outer coatings that were not intact, allowing moisture to get inside the beans.

6.   This traditional method left more of the outer coating on the rice, which is where most of the vitamins and minerals are concentrated.