"basic industry" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is commonly used to refer to any industry which is necessary to support an economy or a society. For example, "The government has invested heavily in basic industry, such as energy and transportation."
The basic industry has been retained.
(Becoming friendly with d.j.s who played the kind of music you recorded was basic industry practice.
A Chartwell executive said the group usually invests in basic industry.
Those basic industry stocks had gotten totally whacked, Michelle Clayman of New Amsterdam Partners, told Reuters.
No one much mentions basic industry practices like price research, provenance, scientific materials analysis or auction-house premiums.
Manuel Marrero Faz, senior petroleum adviser to Cuba's ministry of basic industry, said it made sense for Americans to return.
Then, they come take the multiple choice competency test which, when all is said and done, is an excellent measure of your ability to take the kind of multiple choice tests that come with basic industry-rules-style "training".
This study tests whether existing, basic-industry firms flee congested areas to minimize exposure to the congestion externality.
Wall Street is suspicious of Mr. O'Neill's basic-industry background, and he showed some sensitivity to market psychology when he announced at the outset of the hearings that he supported the Clinton administration's high-dollar policy.
What of the Ross Perot idea that basic-industry jobs will get sucked to whatever country pays the lowest wages?
Ten-year basic-industry credit spreads, according to CSFB's Liquid U.S. Corporate Index, tightened by 57 basis points, the equivalent of $4 of price appreciation per $100.
