The phrase "a basic cause of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the fundamental reasons or factors contributing to a particular outcome or situation.
Example: "The researchers identified a basic cause of the decline in bee populations, linking it to pesticide use."
Alternatives: "a primary reason for" or "a fundamental factor in".
The sectarian Royal Ulster Constabulary has always been a basic cause of the Troubles.
Geographic isolation was a basic cause of New Mexico's slow economic development.
Neovascularization is seen by some as a basic cause of pain in Achilles tendinopathy and can be detected with power Doppler ultrasonography (PDU).
It is possible that the shame/anger spiral might be a basic cause of violence to the extent that it loops back upon itself without limit.
The premature LDH release gives a hint of disruption of the membrane integrity as a basic cause of the decreased cell vitality.
First, in 1995, the definition was modified to include as an AIDS diagnosis any death certificate that mentioned AIDS as a basic cause of death.
2 DCP potentiated monocyte antimycobacterial activity by induction of the CC chemokine macrophage inflammatory protein-1 beta, and inducible nitric oxide synthase 2. 3 Emerging literature 5, 6 suggests that inflammation, as evaluated by high inflammatory cytokine levels and other inflammatory markers, may represent a basic cause and consequence of obesity, type 2 diabetes, and comorbidities.
However, it is still not clear whether the inflammatory response found in AE skin is a primary basic cause of the disease, or if it is a secondary effect caused by other factors such as an impaired skin barrier.
A special report on Breakaway Wealth by reporter Peter Whoriskey, provides irrefutable evidence on the growing inequality in the US and highlights a basic cause: the skyrocketing pay of American executives.
In spite of two consecutive summers of violence, not a single basic cause of riots has been corrected.
This model, which explains the basic features of a substorm, predicts that the incoming electron precipitation during a substorm has to be the basic cause of a magnetospheric substorm.
