Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] basic " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , I want a good ¾ length roof rack for my vehicle but can only locate rather basic utilitarian models . |
| 2 | Up until then the labouring people may have enjoyed only basic material fare , " but most of them were able to support their families in an average year without having to resort to the parish for relief " . |
| 3 | Although pre-implantation conceptuses and zygotes fertilized ex utero have contributed to our understanding of phenomena occurring during early human embryogenesis , aborted fetal tissues are more available and so provide new opportunities for clinical research , which if encouraging will stimulate more basic research in human development . |
| 4 | So far , Coleman 's meetings with Pan Am 's attorneys had been informal , and the information he provided fairly basic , but while poking about in Europe , he became aware that somebody else , either within the DEA or close to it , was also talking knowledgeably about a link between DEA Nicosia and the bombing of Flight 103 . |
| 5 | How much truth there was in all these myths you now know as well as I. Certainly the Witnesses hit early on the fact that , rippling in and out of hyperspace , even ships as basic as the Bergen Kobold change slightly every time . |
| 6 | Where previously Tony had struggled to accept even basic school discipline , he was able to survive St Augustine 's with only the occasional small-scale disagreements with a minority of staff . |
| 7 | However , segregated education has failed to provide even basic primary education for many black South Africans . |
| 8 | It was often difficult to get schools to provide even basic information such as the breakdown of subject choice by sex , and members of the team frequently had to extract the information themselves from school data . |
| 9 | ‘ The idea may be considered pretty basic elsewhere but it was quite novel in the legal profession , ’ he said . |
| 10 | ‘ Staff are only able to provide very basic care and their ability to treat seriously ill and malnourished children is severely limited , ’ the Belfast doctor added . |
| 11 | But I imagine more basic . |
| 12 | The greater use of charges and the use of parental contributions to purchase quite basic school equipment discriminates against poor children and schools in poor areas . |
| 13 | However , in dealing with people of whom there was no guarantee of social , professional or military competence , the system became more basic . |
| 14 | Brewery staff are concerned that brewing will not be able to continue once basic supplies such as malt are cut off . |
| 15 | And also as you said , the thing with colours , they were said to perhaps use less basic colour terms , so if some men were shown a bluey-green some men would say and some would say whereas a women allegedly would say turquoise or whatever . |
| 16 | Even the huge ring roads around Lille , Tourcoing , Roubaix and Courtrai seem more basic than their southern counterparts . |
| 17 | Many runners spend far too much time fretting about what pace they hope to run , or whether to wear gloves , while ignoring more basic details which could eventually affect their even getting to the start . |
| 18 | Customer profile Sex : female Average age : 30–40 Occupation : Housewife/mother Travels : 200 metres Walks to the shop Shops 3–4 times a week Buys mainly basic items Spends on average £13 per visit |
| 19 | Run on an open-access basis , it includes very basic literacy/numeracy skills , to 0-level standard . |
| 20 | The report , Cold Comfort , which is due to be published in February , shows that almost one in four elderly people have given up basic necessities like food and clothing in order to stay warm . |
| 21 | If a general payment is made , the tribunal will have to interpret whether it does actually cover both basic and compensatory awards . |
| 22 | They pass on basic gardening skills to Ray Gravel , the ex-Rugby Union international and keen amateur gardener . |
| 23 | The forecasting process opens up basic assumptions , and past marketing strategies , for review , appraisal and criticism . |
| 24 | It 's not hard to see why : fish will be stressed by different water chemistry to that of their home patch , and the showground may not offer adequate supplies for water changing , to offset fairly basic temporary filtration . |
| 25 | The latter is more likely to seek work in such areas as intensive care or renal dialysis where equipment is likely to be intricate and of vital importance , rather than in those areas requiring mainly basic physical care of the patient . |
| 26 | ‘ You can be perfectly well with HIV but at other times it 's hard to do even basic things . |
| 27 | MANY children are so unfit they are unable to do even basic exercises , a study revealed yesterday . |
| 28 | Help with feeding in the hospital had been poor , mainly because , says Kim , the staff were hard-pressed to give even basic care , let alone the sort of unhurried support often needed to get breastfeeding going . |
| 29 | If services are no longer to be held , even irregularly , there may still be a local farmer or former parishioner who is willing to carry out basic maintenance . |
| 30 | I would like to advise readers of IDEAL HOME always to carry out basic surveillance when a washing machine is installed . |