The phrase "a basic finding is that" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when summarizing or presenting a fundamental conclusion or result from research or analysis.
Example: "In our study on consumer behavior, a basic finding is that price sensitivity varies significantly among different demographics."
Alternatives: "a key conclusion is that" or "an essential discovery is that".
The basic finding is that while firms are actively responding to BEE requirements they are also doing so within a static structural context, where firms keep looking to established networks for solutions.
The basic finding is that overall output of 17 of the world's most important crops could be increased by 45 to 70 percent by closing the "yield gap," or the tendency of farmers in many regions to produce less than they could.
Our basic finding is that, contrary to the widespread notion that aniline dyes suddenly replaced "traditional" colorants soon after the opening of Japan to international trade in 1859, the process was gradual and dye-specific, and that the overall impact of these new colorants has been exaggerated, with most of the existing dyes continuing in use.
Depending on culture and setting, the basic finding is that most proposers are unexpectedly generous and tend to offer 40%50%% of the stake.
Their basic findings are that, yes, median income -- that is, income in the middle of the distribution -- has been stable; but the middle class genuinely is falling behind that mark.
Their basic finding was that a disproportionate share of the recharge came from heavy storms.
The basic finding was that couples do better when their stories match.
Their goal was "to correct global inequality statistics … so as to better capture the very rich". Their basic finding was that about 3% of personal taxes are evaded overall in Scandinavia, but the figure rises to 30% among the top 0.01% of income earners.
The data are limited, but one of the basic findings was that the majority of documented activity occurred at night, meaning that the arboreal mammals are even more likely to evade detection by human surveys.
