The phrase "a few basis" is not correct in English.
The correct term should be "a few bases." You can use "a few bases" when referring to multiple foundational elements or principles in a particular context.
Example: "In order to understand the theory, we need to establish a few bases for our discussion."
Alternatives: "a few foundations" or "a few principles."
It would probably take a tax of just a few basis points to make things right.
Even after Verizon announced its $130 billion transaction, the price of its bonds moved only a few basis points.
The spread between the yield on Freddie Mac's bonds and that on Treasuries widened by only a few basis points.
At this point, whether G.D.P. is within a few basis points of the expected number probably does not matter, other than for the government's public relations.
The numerical results show that the least-squares mixed GMsFEM can give accurate approximation for both pressure and velocity using only a few basis functions per coarse element.
Exchange-traded funds allow investors to gain exposure to anything from gold to property to Indonesian firms, and they charge investors just a few basis points (hundredths of a percentage point) on the money they put in.
Squeezing a few basis-points out of margin and an occasional acquisition was never the answer to the growth challenges facing the industry.
After all, if all banks had equal legal protection, investors would scour the continent in search of an extra few basis points; the flows could be destabilising.
If companies aren't borrowing now, will a few more basis points off yields help?
This created a perverse incentive for commercial banks to accumulate the bonds of the weaker member countries, which paid higher rates, in order to earn a few extra basis points.
Numerical results and an error analysis is provided showing that the proposed approach accurately captures the coupled process using a few multiscale basis functions, i.e. a small fraction of the degrees of freedom of the fine-scale problem.
