Sentence examples for constitute a basic from inspiring English sources

The documents, the experts say, constitute a basic guide to building an atom bomb.

The Bush administration on Thursday gently criticized a French proposal to ban head scarves and other conspicuous religious items from the public schools, saying that such displays constitute "a basic right that should be protected".

Thomas Murphy, the chairman of General Motors at the time of the 1979 Chrysler bailout, perhaps put it best: a bailout of Chrysler, he said then, would constitute "a basic challenge to the philosophy of America".

"[This will decide] whether, 60 years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948, the respect due to the dead, the right to live without one's ancestors being debased and without their work being sullied before the eyes of the entire world by a derisory and pornographic exercise... still constitute a basic freedom in France," he said in a statement.

Maternity leaves constitute a basic form of support for families immediately after the birth of a child.

In addition, notably, empirical evidence suggests that economic competencies constitute a basic competency for the ability to study (e.g., Oepke and Eberle 2014).

Religion pervades many aspects of life and constitutes a basic element of this diversity.

The translation of the Holy Scriptures has constituted a basic part of mission.

Medieval Europe made great use of the pointed arch, which constituted a basic element in Gothic architecture.

Rational crime policy constitutes a basic goal for society.

The analysis of the connection coefficients for such sequences constitutes a basic tool for such an approach.