The phrase "as a very basic" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when introducing a fundamental concept or idea in a discussion or explanation.
Example: "As a very basic principle, all living organisms require water to survive."
Alternatives: "at a fundamental level" or "in simple terms".
In the US, the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty views begging as "a very basic form of speech, asking your fellow human beings for help when you're in a desperate situation... It deserves, as much as any other speech, to be protected". Yet its study of 187 US cities last year found that 76% prohibit begging in specific public places, while 24% impose city-wide bans.
That strikes me as a very basic, blunt approach – like something from the 'just say no' anti-drugs adverts of the 1980s".
People say it's tradition that stops girls going to school – yes, partly – but there are also often no latrines so it's really difficult, as a very basic aspect of everyday life isn't possible.
LiveSide describes it as a "very basic service" and I agree.
So Theorem 9 may be viewed as a very basic type of Classification Theorem.
These are not new tactics and they should be guarded against as a very basic precaution.
Our results show a trade-off between aggregation and dispersal in T. thermophila as expected at a very basic theoretical level, but this trend was only significant when taking into account within-strain variation.
Matt Haigh, writing for Den of Geek, described "Shapes" as being "a very basic and slightly drawn-out werewolf and detective story", though overall finding that the episode's visual effects and atmosphere meant that it "that mostly comes out good in the end".
"It started off as work on a very basic question that has turned out, to our delight and surprise, to have much broader implications," Szostak said.
Honda's four-foot tall, humanoid "Advanced Step In Innovative Mobility" (ASIMO) was the result of a twelve-year project to design a robot that could run or walk fluidly at speeds up to six miles per hour, as well as interact with people on a very basic level.
They can still use the same source code and some developers may be able to implement Instant App support in as little as a day (assuming they have a very basic app, of course).
