And what could be more basic to the task of sculpture than that?
"So a hospital becomes a place where we can practice a few human rights that are basic to everybody."
The quality of pieces varied from quite basic to very fine.
Music as a means to an end is basic to his art.
To each his or her own, that's basic to our society.
"The notion that the President cannot change the law on his own, regardless of what big business wants, is basic to our democratic process."
"It was basic to our plan that we hold back foreign rights and deal with them separately."
During the late 1920s and 1930s further steps were taken, basic to future work.
This is now basic to the fabric of urban life.
The right to information is basic to the ability to shape opinion and influence policy.