The phrase "a basic necessity of life" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing essential needs for survival or well-being, such as food, water, or shelter.
Example: "Access to clean drinking water is a basic necessity of life that everyone should have."
Alternatives: "an essential requirement for living" or "a fundamental need for existence."
While some people here are confused by what exactly the government is saying about a basic necessity of life, cash-strapped municipal officials are relieved.
Even now in the centre of town, where the old weather-boarded summer houses are outnumbered by BMWs, and the fashionable Russian ladies regard Gucci as a basic necessity of life, there's a serenity and balance to the place, a bit of that temporary salvation to be had.
Conventional wisdom has it that music is a relatively modern human invention, and one that, while fun and rewarding, is a luxury rather than a basic necessity of life.
You can live without fashion; fashion is not a basic necessity of life.
It goes without saying that clean water is a basic necessity of life, and the United States once led the world in providing access to that resource.
One might argue that this situation is no different from the moral issues revolving around the production, access and control of any basic necessity of life.
Water is the basic necessity of life (Uberoi 2010) and it plays an important role in the earth's ecology.
Water is the most basic necessity of life.
Water is the basic necessity of life and is essential for healthy society.
It expands on the increasing number of commitments our country has made throughout its history to create a truly democratic society where everyone has a right to the basic necessities of life not because he or she is lucky or smart -- but because he or she is our fellow human being.
The two began musing about a world in which women could wear the basic necessities of life, thus transforming a dress ― sometimes considered a frivolous luxury ― into a means of survival.
