21.   He learned the basics of reading, but very little math, science or history.

22.   He learned the basics during his first job as a gravedigger.

23.   He had learned the basics of musical miscegenation from the rambunctious black fathers of rock-and-roll.

24.   He suggests newcomers take a woodworking class to learn the basics of the craft and then simply practice working with the tools.

25.   Image consultants or well-dressed friends can help you learn the basics of shaping a wardrobe and finding clothes that flatter your figure, your lifestyle and your pocketbook.

26.   In fact, all midshipmen here are required to learn sailing basics during their first summer.

27.   In the first, as a young doctor, he learned the basics of what is essentially combat medicine.

28.   Is there anywhere I can turn to learn the basics?

29.   It should, since a cross-company process is a risky place to learn the basics.

30.   It took him about a year to learn the basics of the unwieldy instrument.