The phrase "the basic knowledge" is a correct and usable part of a sentence in written English.
For example, you could use it in the sentence "I have the basic knowledge needed to fix the computer."
The knowledge required to remove the filters exceeded the basic knowledge of the operators.
His work, he hoped, would provide the basic knowledge needed to protect park wildlife from human visitors.
They already have the basic knowledge and they have been able to think quite well, thank you very much".
"Once we have those mice, we can get the basic knowledge we need in order to tweak mammals to make them live longer.
Turkalo's job, as she recently described it, is to create "the basic knowledge of the demography and behavior of this species".
In reality, it is a declaration of war on the basic knowledge of the harm that burning coal, and other fossil fuels, can do.
"It's intended to ensure that high-school graduates have at least the basic knowledge of American civics that we require of naturalized citizens".
He said two itemisers were incapacitated by sabotage, remarking that "the knowledge required to remove the filters exceeded the basic knowledge of the operators".
But if our descendents get an interstellar Higgs drive, or other wild things, they will hopefully thank us for accumulating the basic knowledge behind their amazing new technologies.
Weiss, who is responsible for much of the basic knowledge about how the AIDS virus interacts with the human immune system, was not deterred.
Somebody will have some view of the First Amendment or free speech, and I think in India the basic knowledge is far less.
