Example sentences of "the [det] basic " in BNC.

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1 Readers who find the discussion too brief may wish to consult one of the many basic economics textbooks which cover this area .
2 The former basic industries — mining , agriculture , construction and manufacturing — now employ about a third of the total workforce .
3 Parsytec intends to use the same basic design of a 1.6Gflop processing unit as a building block for systems executing up to 400Gflops. the largest computers on sale now can perform tens of Gflops .
4 Record companies throughout the world operate in the same basic way .
5 ‘ But you are both very similar men , from similar backgrounds and with the same basic objectives in society , ’ Vicky said , with the air of a very puzzled young lady .
6 Aware that Brando had enjoyed his 1979 comedy The In-Laws , Bergman reworked the same basic plot around the star 's mythic bulk , casting him as the manipulative mafia don Carmine Sabatini , who gives Broderick the job of minding a komodo dragon , and adopts him as one of the ‘ family ’ .
7 ‘ It is a little hard now to give a fresh and original answer to the same basic questions , ’ he says , then hesitates .
8 If it was any consolation the same basic problems existed in the Church of England , while among Roman Catholics few if any clergy were well paid .
9 Most US nuclear power stations are Pressurized Water Reactors of the same basic design as that proposed at Hinkley Point .
10 But it is more likely that , while they provide reasons for different things , they share the same basic structure .
11 True enough , these two groups use the same basic genetic code .
12 To make some sense of this vast range , and to understand how the variables can be employed to make useful , but considerably different products out of the same basic chemicals , it is necessary to classify products according to their general function in the food environment .
13 They all wear the same basic uniform .
14 The less skilled are more likely to assume that they understand the other person 's point of view and that the other person has the same basic information .
15 If it is possible to use the same basic pattern for a number of guides , this has the advantage of both saving the librarian 's time and making it easier for the user to transfer search techniques from one discipline to another .
16 Like most butterflies they share the same basic life cycle .
17 Indeed in the Future of the Profession Report of 1970 , the text preceding a recommendation that the Institution have a structure of three chapters , stated , inter alia , that ‘ there is an historical nexus between land agency , general practice and building surveying which still validates the view that they are different applications of the same basic skills . ’
18 Each of these forms , or intensities , can be given a separate name , but they all belong to the same basic message : ‘ Clear off , or I will attack you . ’
19 All of these are varying intensities of the same basic sound unit and should be treated as such .
20 The MIAOW says many things in many contexts , but it always has the same basic message , namely ‘ I require your immediate attention ’ .
21 Again , attempts have been made to classify purrs into different types , but they all carry the same basic message of friendliness .
22 Yet all this was a direct response to the same basic insecurity that drove the German people to support Völkisch opinion and later to support Hitler .
23 For the candidate the same basic rules of selling yourself apply as for one-to-one interviews .
24 One thing is clear , the major requirement for deepening a friendship should be the possession of the same basic goals for our lives .
25 ‘ Managers and employers tend to see [ external ] short courses and internal training as different but allied ways of meeting the same basic needs .
26 Early on , they imagined that all foster parents would be like them — not so rich perhaps , but sharing the same basic standards .
27 Both varieties bear leaves of the same basic shape , but whereas the leaves on the Chardonnay are concave , turning upwards at the edges allowing the underside to obscure the upper surface , the leaves on the Pinot Blanc are not .
28 Note that the same basic method of connection is used for transformers which have twin 120 volt primary windings when they are used with continental 120 volt mains supplies .
29 Lotus produce three single chamber units with the same basic set-up .
30 But the same basic premise remains : tablature is fine , but in order to learn the feel and dynamics associated with a player 's style , you have to go to the horse 's mouth and listen .
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