But, the SNP argues all that matters is what Ms Sturgeon calls the "basic rule of how governments are formed".
In a dozen new phone applications, whether faith-based or faith-bashing, the prospective debater is given a primer on the basic rules of engagement — how to parry the circular argument, the false dichotomy, the ad hominem attack, the straw man — and then coached on all the likely flashpoints of contention.
Ever since, HuffPo's growth and increasing prominence have rattled many a gilded cage in the media business, forcing traditional outfits, from the New York Times and the Washington Post to News Corp. and FORBES, to rethink basic rules of journalism: how to produce and distribute content, and at what cost.
The film world is an industry, and there are basic rules of shooting -- how you light scenes, how you move the camera.
If you match up the GDP forecasts to the unemployment rate -- i.e., you apply basic rules of thumb about how much the economy's growth rate should help to lower the jobless rate -- you'd expect that for the rest of this year and next, we'll probably shave about one or two tenths off of the unemployment rate each quarter.
Smart cars also will need to understand not only the basic rules of the road but how to react when human drivers do not do what they are supposed to.
We demonstrated that individual LE trends can be explained by the basic rules of chemistry, thereby indicating how important it is to distinguish between molecular descriptors and properties [7, 8].
And, as will be confirmed at Wednesday's shareholder meeting, it also flouts some of the most basic rules for how a company should be run.
Learn the basic rules of a basketball game and how to play.
