The phrase "a central underpinning" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a fundamental or essential support or basis for an idea, argument, or system.
Example: "Trust is a central underpinning of any successful relationship, whether personal or professional."
Alternatives: "a key foundation" or "a crucial support".
Their battle for moviegoers is the latest test of a central proposition underpinning many of the last decade's media mergers: that combining Hollywood studios, television networks, magazines, cable systems and other disparate businesses can create a whole greater than the sum of its parts.
This theme dominated all of the interviews, and is a central concept underpinning the other themes.
While the hsa-miR-106 family have been implicated in breast cancer [ 43] and gastrointestinal tumor [ 44], our results furthermore suggest it may be a central miRNA underpinning the general tumorigenesis mechanism.
With respect to the majority of non-Black immigrant communities, one central underpinning for their inability to empathize with the struggles of African-Americans is the basic fact that they never learned about American history in their home countries.
By keeping the pound and relying on the Bank of England as the guardian of the currency—investors would see Scottish finance as underpinned by a central bank that, despite its recent troubles, is solid and secure.The importance of trade and reputation means attempting to keep the pound is a sensible policy.
The utility — valued at 3.4 trillion yen $42 billionn) in early March, but now worth less than a sixth of that — is a central part of the industrial infrastructure underpinning Japan's economy.
Utility is now a central idea in economics, and in fact underpins the entire insurance industry.
A key hypothesis underpinning the idea that synaptic plasticity plays a central role in the biology of information storage is that activity-dependent change is both necessary and sufficient to support memory (e.g., Morris, 2003).
Research has a central role in clinical governance, and basic or applied research underpins most aspects of our clinical practice.
