The phrase "basic essentials of life" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to the fundamental or necessary things that are required for survival or living. Example: "Food, water, and shelter are considered the basic essentials of life."
In this blissful state we routinely meet, unconcerned about the basic essentials of life that are taken for granted.
Similarly, Justice Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati held in Bandhua Mukti Morcha v. Union of India (1984) that the expression life included the right to be free from exploitation, and to the basic essentials of life included in the Directive Principles of State Policy that appear in the Indian Constitution.
With anxiety and, often, despair in their eyes, my constituents explain that the most pressing need they have is for jobs that will enable them to pay for the basic essentials of life -- their rent, food, and medical bills -- and begin to save just a little for the future.
Without a stable, non-moving home, the basic essentials of life require a lot more work, entrepreneurial endeavors and thoughts about raising a family become more complicated, hygiene and hot showers are limited, loved ones are usually far away and a lack of routine can make it hard to focus time and energy on executing life's greater goals.
I know that I may be oversimplifying what is happening in Syria, and I am as horrified as any of you by the extreme violence that has taken place for far too long, but when I read a story about a young child battling cancer in the war-torn country, I couldn't help but realize how the basic essentials of life are being denied to the people of Syria.
"By identifying trends now, and committing to course corrections, we have a real opportunity to ensure that by 2015 these basic essentials of life are available to all".
How can New York City, Newark, N.J., and other cities hit by Sandy rebuild in ways that avoid a repeat of the devastation that deprived millions of the basic essentials of modern life?
Indeed, your article makes it clear that, before his life in an asylum, Hinckley failed to attain basic essentials of independent adult existence.
Water is the basic necessity of life and is essential for healthy society.
The first survey conducted by Gallup in association with Healthways, an American organisation which has run similar surveys in the US since 2008, found the British are healthier than the Americans, with lower rates of diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, and rate higher on measures of "basic access" to the essentials of life, such as free NHS healthcare.
