The phrase "a better basis for" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing the foundation or reasoning behind an argument, decision, or action, suggesting that it is an improvement over a previous basis.
Example: "This new research provides a better basis for our understanding of climate change."
Alternatives: "an improved foundation for" or "a stronger rationale for".
But others, like Tao, say civic education is a better basis for social morality than ideology.
But sometimes, having the facts is a better basis for action.
Whether a student's parents went to college or not would be a better basis for affirmative action than skin color.
The company did not break out the contribution of those magazines, and Ms. Reif Cohen said she would have wanted a better basis for comparison.
Once there, I will have a better basis for assessing the quality of the games and might even see the attraction.
Seeing sciences and societies as evolving together would seem a better basis for public education than replays of stereotypes, albeit with touches of sympathy.
Each is using the other, which turns out to be a better basis for intimacy and solidarity than the harsh politesse of the office.
I claim that the ideas Christianity introduced into my part of the world are a better basis for the pursuit of democracy than the ideas produced by Islam.
Robert Willens, a tax expert and New York attorney, made the argument that taxable income, therefore, may be a better basis for measuring the tax burden.
When the tax burden is figured in proportion to personal incomes -- which many economists consider a better basis for comparison than sheer dollars -- New York and its neighbors were closer to the norm in other parts of the country.
The firm specializes in analyzing companies' books and stripping out pension profits and other accounting distortions, on the thinking that the core performance will provide a better basis for business planning and decision making.
