"basic principles for" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to introduce a list of rules or guidelines, such as "basic principles for making sound investments".
The basic principles for using personal data are that it should be proportionate and necessary.
Speaking last July in Ohio, Mr. Obama set forth his "basic principles" for assuring constitutional balance.
They do not disagree strongly over the basic principles for doing so.
So that is one of the basic principles for me to give advice to the coach to choose players to revamp the team".
Most important to progressives, the projections lay the groundwork for healthcare reform, budgeting some $634bn as a starting cost and enunciating eight basic principles for universal coverage.
Setting out his basic principles for a new foreign policy, Fukuyama urged the US to "retain the goals but change the means" and "do what is achievable".
Under the "list of basic principles for the organization of O.D.I.H.R. observation of national elections" circulated by the Russian mission, several limits would be placed on the monitors.
From this, the report sets out six basic principles for giving effective feedback to teachers and makes recommendations for a best practice framework for teacher assessment.
Whilst the resources available will be different, the basic principles for campaigning remain the same whether your organisation is large or small.
The UN plan does make some welcome requirements in the basic principles for the future of Kosovo, one to be based on equality of all people and all communities.
The invaluable Football Outsiders folks give some basic principles for predicting playoff success, and one is the team's proportion of "GUTS" (close victories over good teams) and "SKATES" (narrow victories over bad teams) through the season.
