basic argument

collocation in English

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basic
adjective
uk
/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/us
/ˈbeɪ.sɪk/
simple and not complicated, so able to provide the base or starting point from which something ...
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argument
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈɑːɡ.jə.mənt/us
/ˈɑːrɡ.jə.mənt/
a disagreement, or the process ...
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(Definition ofbasicandargumentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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At each step, we report parallel regression results, verifying that ourbasicargumentis substantiated regardless of how we cut the data.
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However, these possible exceptions do not represent a problem for thebasicargument.
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Thebasicargumentfor family planning facilities lies in the freedom people gain, the freedom to bear children in love rather than resentment and fear.
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Hisbasicargumentis that empirical evidence cannot verify a scientific theory; it can only falsify or disprove it.
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In contrast, thebasicargumentput forward by contributors here is that language learning and teaching is a process of social reproduction.
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Thebasicargumentfor primitivism, then, is similar to the argument for eliminativism: the alternatives must be dispatched first.
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Thebasicargumentis that, contrary to received wisdom, ' a civic political culture is made, not given ' (p. 2).
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Thebasicargumentof the book is then outlined (18-24).
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Thebasicargumentfor using a positive discount rate is that individuals attach less weight to a benefit/cost in the future than they do to a benefit/cost now.
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Accord not only validates thebasicargumentof this article about the lack of fit between the state's strategic policy, governance institutions and social structures.
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In much of the work, the terms "liberal" and "liberalism" scarcely appeared, and when they were used, it was often not in the exact sense of hisbasicargument.
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Thebasicargumentruns as follows.
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Thebasicargumentis as follows.
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That said, thebasicargumentwould not be affected, nor would the essential link between the production of these goods and their consumption by the ever-expanding urban middle classes.
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Hisbasicargumentis that since philosophy is concerned with people and their characteristics, like the soul, spirit, feelings, intellect, belief, and ethical responsibility, it must necessarily involve psychology.
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Herbasicargumentsuggests that it has always proved difficult for progressives to make definitive links between liberalism and racial justice beyond the level of individual rights.
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To compound the irony, ourbasicargumentis that the negativity bias in social psychology highlights the adaptive nature of human functioning and provides the basis for coherent theory construction.
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Thebasicargumentfor teamwork, recall, is that teamwork helps to meet the problem of insufficiency by helping to meet the problem of instability in many-agent cases.
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This is thebasicargumentagainst abolishing the earnings rule.
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