“Basic knowledge has some practical or functional value, but it only serves as the rudiment of more theoretical or abstract thinking.”

“This attachment is a rudiment of the original extension of the spinal cord into the canal of the sacrum and coccyx.”

“This initial pattern changes in larvae of the six and eight arms, when the juvenile rudiment is present.”

“The rugged rudimentariness of this building makes it seem like a Soviet agricultural showground.”

“Apart from the rudimentariness of the system, it should be noted that not all the used grounds always fall out.”

“It dwells on details that are so ordinary and so common that in this rudimentariness can be seen the outlines of a culture hatching.”

“The rudiments of statistics and probability theory suggest that it will be unlikely.”

“Meanwhile, citizens with little prior exposure to the rudiments of democratic practices acquired repeated experience with voting.”

“On his return he began to learn the rudiments of the cafe business in a cousin's ice-cream parlour at Weston-super-Mare.”