The phrase "amount of basic knowledge" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the level or quantity of fundamental understanding someone has about a particular subject.
Example: "To succeed in this course, you need to have a sufficient amount of basic knowledge in mathematics."
Alternatives: "level of basic knowledge" or "degree of fundamental understanding".
Hence, considerable amount of basic knowledge has been accumulated in many areas such as physiology, nutrition, behaviour, ecology, genetics, pathology, comparative immunology, carcinogenesis and toxicology (reviewed in [ 1]).
Studies dealing with bioleaching through At. ferrooxidans have provided great amount of basic knowledge about this process and have been useful in the understanding of the physicochemical and microbiological aspects of this phenomenon [ 3, 22].
Today, however, the formidable array of legislative maneuvers to tighten the grip of copyright laws in defense of cultural industries whose business models were upended in the online environment have, deliberately or not, undermined the ability of the scientific community to access, use, and reuse vast amounts of basic knowledge inputs.
There was a large amount of basic scientific knowledge we needed to create, to understand the microbial physiology of these organisms and encourage their survival.
In general, the European public has a fair amount of basic scientific knowledge, which has not changed much since the last major survey, in 1992.
The premise is fundamentally that the control group may have an intrinsic amount of basic CPR knowledge but clearly it is inadequate.
During the last 40 years, there has been an enormous amount of basic scientific research designed to improve our knowledge of the structure of tendons, the biomechanics of their action, their biologic response to injury and repair, the mechanical characteristics of various tendon suture methods, and the effect of postrepair motion stress on tendon strength and healing.
Warming reduces the amount of basic food produced in oceans.
It's a lack of even basic knowledge of the Bible in the population.
Students are still expected to assimilate large amounts of basic science and apply that knowledge as they are taught practical aspects of patient care.
Lectures are a way of giving basic knowledge.
