The phrase "a basic comprehension of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing someone's understanding or grasp of a particular subject or concept, often implying a foundational level of knowledge.
Example: "To succeed in this course, students must have a basic comprehension of algebraic principles."
Alternatives: "a fundamental understanding of" or "a rudimentary grasp of".
For these and other reasons, it is important that sustainability managers have a basic comprehension of environmental laws and are able to understand the language of the law.
The heart of the ESP unit is the submersible pump and the design and analysis of the whole ESP system cannot be understood without a basic comprehension of the operation of the pump.
Such a basic comprehension of the direct effects of radiation may have implications in the design of new chemotherapeutic and radiosensitizing drugs, as well as in the development of more efficient protocols in chemoradiation therapy.
But at the risk of being a curmudgeon, and in the interest of 3-year-olds everywhere who are reaching for a basic comprehension of how the universe is put together and where they stand, I think the astronomers should take a page from the lawyers and jurists we're hearing so much from these days.
A basic comprehension of plastic design method is adequate for designing yielding members in the structures designed by PBPD method.
Three, you have to make sure that you have to have a basic comprehension of the strategy the person's using so that when times get tough, as they inevitably do, you're not gonna get shaken loose at the worst possible time.
But he must first pass a basic comprehension test: learn the meaning of accountability.
It wasn't easy, but by the end of our visit she had a basic comprehension that these were two different diseases and the medicines were treating entirely different things.
To be honest, the initial trial of a textbook-less class was too overwhelming: students didn't have basic comprehension of the scientific method or the ability to identify an argument.
The doctor she went off, mid-process, to fetch was probably more or less human too – by that point my judgment was somewhat impaired – but neither appeared to have even the most basic comprehension of my position.
Upon becoming a graduate student instructor this past fall, I became committed to working with my students to build what I call historical "muscle". To flex one's historical "muscle" is to be able to move beyond basic comprehension of individual facts and assess the information they are given by its significance and usefulness to an overall narrative.
